Middle English Dictionary Entry
hait interj.
Entry Info
| Forms | hait interj. Also heit, haiht, hite. |
| Etymology | ?Cp. hait n. & adj. Also cp. MnE dial. hait. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Get up!, gee up!, giddap!, -- a command to a horse.
Associated quotations
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Fri.(Manly-Rickert)D.1543 : This cartere smoot, and cryde as he were wood, 'Hayt [vrr. haite, heyt], Brok! hayt, Scot! what spare ye for the stones?'
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Fri.(Manly-Rickert)D.1561 : 'Heyt [vrr. hayt, haite, heyte]! now,' quod he, 'ther Iesu Crist yow blesse!'
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)221 : Hayht, harry.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)11/55 : Harrer, morell, iofurth, hyte! and let the plogh stand.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)105/150 : Thay fyght and thay flyte ffor that at comys not tyte; It is far to byd hyte To an eg or it go.