Middle English Dictionary Entry
họ̄ve n.(1)
Entry Info
Forms | họ̄ve n.(1) |
Etymology | OE hōfe |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Ground ivy Nepeta hederacea.
Associated quotations
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)250 : Hove, or grownd yvy: Edera terrestris.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)94 : Take rewe, houe [vr. heyhoue], betoyne.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)68/14 : Take pee-lioun..and houe be euene veyte.