Middle English Dictionary Entry
họ̄dlēs adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | họ̄dlēs adj. |
| Etymology | From họ̄d n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Not wearing a hood, bareheaded; of the penis: lacking a prepuce [quot.: a1475].
Associated quotations
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)643 : Abraham, al hodlez, wyth armez upfolden, Mynystred mete byfore þo men þay myȝtes al weldez.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)2308 : Twa senatours ther come..Hodles fro þe hethe.
- c1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)1028 : And byd hym faste anoon that he Goo hoodles to the Drye Se.
- c1450 Lond.Chron.Cleo.(Cleo C.4)149 : Sche..went so thorow fflet strete on her feete and hoodeles vn to Poulys.
- a1475 Leve lystynes (Brog 2.1)p.30 : Hit growethe all with-in þe here..Stondyng opon schare, Ȝett the schrewe is hodles.
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)p.339 : Afore Iake Strawe þe kyng..stode hodlesse [rime: lewdenesse].