Middle English Dictionary Entry
hō̆t n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | hō̆t n.(1) |
| Etymology | OE hāt |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. adj.
1.
(a) Hotness of the atmosphere, hot weather; heat as perceptible to the touch; (b) in ~ and cold, through thick and thin, at all times; neither in ~ ne cold, never; for ~ ne cold, for any reason, ever; (c) the hot part of the day.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)3734 : Mann mihhte himm..pinenn Wiþþ hat & kald.
- a1200 PMor.(Trin-C B.14.52)236,237,238 : Hie fareð fram hate [to] chele, fram chele to hate; [Þ]an hie beð in þe hate, chele hem þuncheð blisse; [Þ]an hie cumeð eft to chele, of hate hie habbeð misse.
- a1350 Harrow.H.(Hrl 2253)50 : Ich haue seþþe þoled ant wyst hot, cold, honger, ant þurst.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)4867 : Þai hem [their weapons] hadde laid for hot In þe cartes.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)139/19 : He [the meek man] soffreþ..chald and hot.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Gen.31.40 : Day & nyȝt with hote & cold I was streyned.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)3.467 : Þe siȝt haþ likynge in faire hewe..þe gropynge in hoot and colde.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)40a/b : Hote & coolde greueþ suche on, & namliche þe soþernewynde.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)23667 : Pine..þat godd has giuen us for vr sin Als hat and cald and rain and wind.
- c1430(c1380) Chaucer PF (Benson-Robinson)205 : Th'air of that place so attempre was That nevere was ther grevaunce of hot ne cold.
- ?a1475 LDirige(2) (Dc 322)293 : A man..With hote and colde and hungor sore, Turmented ys from yere to yere.
b
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1844 : I am derely to yow biholde..euer in hot & colde To be your trwe seruaunt.
- a1425(a1400) Titus & V.(Pep 2014)2248 : He nyl noȝt lette for hote ne colde.
- c1450 Whanne marye was greet (Lamb 853)161 : Neiþer in hoot ne coolde, I may not make him stumble.
c
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)3382 : Þan we mowen..Rosten [LinI: Resten] oure beestes in þe hote.
2.
(a) A feverish sensation of hotness; (b) fig. the heat of emotion, desire, anger.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)30550 : Þe king..hafde þat uuel hate; binumen hin wes þa hele.
- c1450(?a1405) Lydg.CBK (Frf 16)229 : The body eke so feble and so feynt, With hote and colde my acces ys so meynt.
b
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)103/4 : Kiel ðe muchele hate of mine sarinesses mid ðan eadiȝe well-streme ðe cumþ of ðine halie side.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)64/15,18 : Let þet hate [Nero: hote] acolin as deð þe wule iuggi blod..Ȝef þu hit hefdest idon hwil þet hate [Nero: hete; L transl. feruor] leaste, þet tu schalt deme wod te seolf.
- a1300 A Mayde Cristes (Jes-O 29)78 : Hwer is paris & heleyne..Ector..& cesar..al is heore hot iturned to cold.
3.
Phys., anat., alch. (a) The primary quality of heat inherent in all things; (b) dominant hot quality.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)prol.977 : His [man's] complexioun Is mad upon divisioun Of cold, of hot, of moist, of drye.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)29a/b : Hote [L caliditas] is an element propirte..I-gendrid of þe meuynge of bemes.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)10/15 : Þe qualitees þat wiþ þo bodies of elementis comen into medlynge..ben foure: hoot, coold, moist, & drie.
- c1430(c1380) Chaucer PF (Benson-Robinson)380 : Nature..That hot, cold, hevy, lyght, moyst, and dreye Hath knyt be evene noumbres of acord..began to speke.
- a1450 Diseases Women(1) (Dc 37:Singer)37 : Þe tempure of hote and colde, moyste and dry.
b
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.420 : He knew the cause of euery maladye, Were it of hoot or coold or moyste or drye.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)176b/a : Colde is more enmy to nature þan hote.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)10b/b : Philosofres..sayen it [the heart] happely to be temperate or to declyne to hote & moyst.
- a1550 *Norton OAlch.(BodeMus 63)2131 : Of hote and moiste in the seconde degree, with a thicke substance dowcet taste wolbe.