Middle English Dictionary Entry
hō̆let n.
Entry Info
| Forms | hō̆let n. |
| Etymology | From hōl(e n.(2). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A small cave; fendis ~, the Devil's lair; (b) a hut, a cottage; (c) ?the Holy of Holies in the Jewish tabernacle.
Associated quotations
a
- c1390(?c1350) SVrn.Leg.Barlaam (Vrn)591 : Þe Kyng let make a deop holet In a Roche of ston.
- c1440 PLAlex.(Thrn)73/30 : In thir holettez, duelle we alwaye & in þir caues.
- c1425(a1400) Wycl.Pseudo-F.(Dub 245)322 : Siche placis of newe ordris shulden be fled as fendis holetis.
- a1500(a1450) St.Robt.Knares.(Eg 3143)388 : And come agayn to Knaresburghe To a chapell of Sayntt Gyle..Þat bygged was in tha buskes wythin A lytell holett.
b
- a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)Heb.11.9 : He dwellyde..as in an alyene land in holetis [L casulis].
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)1285 : Hirdes holetts sowe he þare.
c
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.281 : Bichopis of þe olde lawe..entriden..in to a litel holet þat was þe west part of þe tabernacle.