Middle English Dictionary Entry
hōden v.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | hōden v.(1) P.ppl. i)hōded, i)hāded, ihadded, ihade, gehādod. |
| Etymology | OE hādian |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Confusion is possible in the case of clergy or religious, who may be 'ordained' (this word) or 'hooded' (họ̄den v.(2).
1.
(a) To consecrate (sb.); profess (sb.) as a nun; ppl. i)hoded, ordained; i)hadded hed (man), a cleric; (b) ppl. as noun: hoded, the clergy.
Associated quotations
a
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.963 : Þa gife ic him Godes curs, & ealra halgan & eallre hadede heafde & min.
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1102 : Ealle þe hæfod men on þis lande gehadode & læwede.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)10881 : Whase shall i Crisstenndom Beon hofenn upp & hadedd Till bisscopp orr till unnderrpreost..Þatt himm birrþ beon fullwaxenn mann.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)13255 : Teȝȝ..Onnfon þurrh hallȝhedd ele att Crist Hiss Hallȝhe Gastess frofre, Ȝa þurrh fulluhht, ȝa þurrh handgang Att hadedd manness hande.
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.VA (Lamb 487)105 : Þeo ihadode godes þeowa halde eure his clenesse ouer all þing.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)131 : Ihadede men he munegeð wel to lerene ilewede men.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)12644 : He sende his sonde..æfter alle þan clæreken..alle þaie ihade [Otho: þe hodede] gumen.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)15643 : Nu wes Mærlinges moder wundermere i-wurðen in ane haȝe munstre mu[n]chene ihaded [Otho: ihoded].
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)21856 : Þa tuȝen touward hirede alle þat weoren ihadded & þreo biscopes..preostes & mucnekes..canones.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)19/31 : Gað aweiȝ fram me, ȝie iwerȝede of alle hadede hafde.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1311 : Þu askedest ȝef ich were A bisemere to preost ihoded.
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)28474 : Þare me hire hodede an[d] [mu]nechene makede.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)49/14 : Þe tende [bough of adultery] is of wyfmen to clerkes yhoded.
- a1500 Conq.Irel.(Rwl B.490)133/27 : Was Archebischope of Deuelyn..at the Cite of wellet, ther-aftyr y-hodet and y-Sacrid.
b
- a1200(?OE) Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)153 : Seinte poul..mineȝeð eiðer hodede and lewede to godes wordes.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)31 : Ne doð hit none swo ofte se þe hodede þe naueð him selue naht on ac fele imene.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)13/9 : Ic ȝewerȝed habbe aiðer ȝe hodede ȝe leawede.