Middle English Dictionary Entry
hostelen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | hostelen v. Also ostelen. |
| Etymology | OF h)osteler |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To provide lodging for (sb.); ppl. hosteled, lodged; (b) to take lodging (in a place), stay as a guest, lodge.
Associated quotations
a
- c1390(?a1300) Stations Rome(1) (Vrn)548 : Peter and poul..Boþe þei weoren hostelled þere.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)17.118 : Alle þat fieble and faynt be..Hope shal..hostel hem and hele.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)62/23 : Þe good man of þe hows þer þei wer hostellyd.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)5557 : In Wynchestre were þey hosteld [Petyt: ostiled] boþe.
b
- c1330(?a1300) Guy(2) (Auch)p.586 : Pilgrim..To court wende þou hom wiþ me, & ostel þer al niȝt.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)348/263 : To Emaus castell can thai pas, ther hostyld thai all thre.