Middle English Dictionary Entry
họ̄den v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | họ̄den v.(2) P.ppl. i)họ̄ded & (?error) hedyd. |
| Etymology | From họ̄d n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Confusion is possible in the case of clergy or religious, who may be 'hooded' (this word) or 'ordained' (hōden v.(1).
1.
(a) To put a hood on (sb.), furnish with a hood; put a hood on (a hawk); (b) to cover (sth.), cap; (c) ppl. hoded, wearing a hood; hoded man, a Lollard.
Associated quotations
a
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)11b/b : Capicio: to hoden.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)242 : Hoodyn: Capucio.
- c1450(?a1400) Parl.3 Ages (Add 31042)236 : He..henttis thaym [hawks] one honde and hodes thaym.
b
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)7836 : Þa Bruttes..setten [longer rafters]..faste i þon grunde, & þa herre endes ihodede mid irene bendes.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)3.717 : Set hem [pear trees] rotyd wel in delues wyde..With cley & mosse here hedys hode & hyde.
c
- (1422) Doc.Brewer in Bk.Lond.E.143/79 : Þe Crafte of Drapers was hoded yn white and medle parted.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)242 : Hodyd: Capiciatus.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)131.191 (v.2:p.345) : The fyrste peel was runge to matyns, whiche whan the foul spirit herde, anooon he creyid .. 'Here may I no lengere abyden, for the hedyd [?read: hodyd] felaas [L capuciati] bygynnyn to ryse.'
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)244 : Hodid men were cleped thanne thoo Lolardis, that wold nevir avale here hood in presens of the Sacrament.
- a1500(?a1400) KEdw.& S.(Cmb Ff.5.48)870 : And alway hodit like a frere, To meyte when he shulde wende.