Middle English Dictionary Entry
hō̆ket n.
Entry Info
| Forms | hō̆ket n. |
| Etymology | OF hoquet |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A wile, trick; trickery, deceit; (b) ?a joke, harmless prank.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330(?a1300) KAlex.(Auch)375/78 : Mani hoket is in amoures.
- c1390 Mayden Modur (Vrn)387 : Þow delest wiþ non hoket..Blessed beo þat voket!
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)374/233-4 : Here I be gesse of many nyce hoket, Of care and of curstnes, hethyng and hoket.
b
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)377/312 : May he dug hym a doket, A kodpese like a pokett; hym thynke it no hoket, his tayll when he Wryngys.