Middle English Dictionary Entry
hāter(e n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | hāter(e n.(2) |
| Etymology | From hāten v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
One who hates, an enemy.
Associated quotations
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Prov.27.6 : Betere ben the woundis of the loouere than the gileful kosses of the hatere [L oscula odientis].
- ?a1425(a1415) Wycl.Lantern (Hrl 2324)132/16 : Þer ben false lawe makars, Goddis lawe haatars.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)229 : Hatare, or he þat hatythe: Osor [Win: Osor vel Oditor].
- a1450 Who þat wole knowe (Dgb 102)20 : A louer of vertues, a hatere of vys.
- a1500 Now rightwis Iuge (Corp-O 274)53 : Send me..þe haligaste es comfortour..all my haters hy to reprove, and þaire hatered turne to dolour.