Middle English Dictionary Entry
hōtnes(se n.
Entry Info
| Forms | hōtnes(se n. |
| Etymology | From hōt adj.; cp. OE hātnes. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) High temperature, heat; the sensation of heat; (b) phys., med. dominant hot quality; also, of a medicine: the degree of hot quality.
Associated quotations
a
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)71/37, 72/1 : Signez of hote cause in thenasmon bene hotenez, brennyng, and prikkyng. Signez of coldnez is þat cold is feled in þat place, and it is helpid of hotenez.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)8b/a : Philosofrez, for þat it [the heart] is bigynnyng of life, seiþ it to be..declynyng to hotenez and moystenes.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)165b/b : Som [medicines]..ar seid complexionalez & qualitatyuez for þai depende..of þe qualiteez of elementez, as bene þo þat giffeþ & makeþ hotenez [L caliditate] & coldenez, moistenez & drienez.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)63b/a : Newe wyne is hote in þe firste degre and olde wyne in þe þridde degre..and þe dryenesses þerof ben of proporcioun to þe hotenesses.
- c1450 *Chauliac(1) (Sln 3666)153a/b : Capillis veneris is an herbe..it declineþ to some hotenes.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. hotness.