Middle English Dictionary Entry
hoi interj.
Entry Info
Forms | hoi interj. |
Etymology | Imitative; cp. OF hoie. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. hei, hou.
1.
Used in the refrain of a song.
Associated quotations
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)9.123 : Þenne seten some and songen atten ale, And holpen to erie þis half-acre with 'hoy! troly! lolly!'