Middle English Dictionary Entry
hōsen v.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | hōsen v.(1) P.ppl. i)hōsed, ōsed. |
| Etymology | From hōse n.; also cp. OF hoser. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To furnish (sb.) with hose or other leg-wear; put on hose; (b) ppl. hosed, furnished with or having hose; clad in or wearing hose; also fig.; ~ and shod; ~ and spored, wearing greaves (?or boots) and spurs.
Associated quotations
a
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)11a/b : Caligo: to hosen.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)46b/a : Oso: to hose.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)248 : Hosun [Win: hosone; KC: hosyn] or don on hosun: Caligo.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)87 : Wantounliche thou wolt hose him and take him noble robes.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)65a : To hose: Calciare, Caligare.
b
- a1300 Hwi ne serue (Jes-O 29)35 : We her hoppen ihosed and ischode.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)971 : Hwan he was cloþed, osed, and shod.
- a1350 Mon in þe mone (Hrl 2253)37 : Hupe forþ, Hubert, hosede pye!
- c1330(?a1300) Guy(2) (Auch)p.516 : His legges..wer sumtime hosed wel.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.29 : Þis grete storie is departed in seuene streemes, so þat boþe i-hosed and i-schod Goddes peple may passe þerby.
- c1400 Brut-1333 (Rwl B.171)227/12 : Andrew was..ledde vnto þe barr in maner of an Erl, worthely arraied, hosede and spored.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)134b/b : Of slepyng..al hosed & shodde.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)38a : Þat þei ben clene ycloþed, clene yhosed and yschod, briȝtliche y-armed.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)2272 : Some tyme monethes thre..Þus hosed and harnast walde he ga.
- a1500(?a1475) Guy(4) (Cmb Ff.2.38)4295 : In a robe of scarlet was he cladde..Hosyd and schode he was ryght.
- a1500 Rule Minoresses (Bod 585)84/14 : Whan þey schul so go oute of þe Cloyster, þey schul be hosid & schod.