Middle English Dictionary Entry
hunte n.
Entry Info
| Forms | hunte n. Also hunt, hunta, honte, hounte. Pl. huntes, etc., & (early) hunten, hŏnten, hǒunten. |
| Etymology | OE hunta |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) One who hunts wild beasts, a hunter; (b) fig. a hunter of souls; (c) in surnames and place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.269]; hunte(s-man, hunter.
Associated quotations
a
- a1131 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1127 : Ða huntes wæron swarte & micele & ladlice.
- c1225(OE) Wor.Aelfric Gloss.(Wor F.174)539 : Uenator: hunta.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)2590 : Þa hunten wenden æfter mid muchelen heora lude.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)21337 : Nu he is bicumen hunte, & hornes him fulieð.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)512 : Ðe hunte haueð biholden ðis.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)548 : Ðis elp he reisen on stalle & tus atbrested ðis huntes breid.
- ?a1300 Maximian (Dgb 86)94 : Hounten herd i blowen.
- a1325 SLeg.Blase (Corp-C 145)19 : In gret þoȝt þis honten were.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)2453 : His huntes he of-sent þo & seyd he wald on hunting go.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2018 : Yet saugh I..The hunte strangled with the wilde beres.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2628 : Ther nas no tygre in the vale of Galgopheye..So cruel on the hunte.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.6126 : He telth hire hou his hunte hath blowe, And hou his houndes have wel runne.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1910 : Huntes hyȝed hem þeder, with hornez ful mony.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)72 : Ther byn..huntes hornes, Ruettis, smale forsters hornes, and mene hornes.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)939 : Huntys han hym founde.
- (1424) Let.Bk.Lond.I (Gldh LetBk I)296 : Huntes..perteynyng to the seid twey housholdes have the same peyne if they do the contrary.
- a1450(c1433) Lydg.St.Edm.(Hrl 2278)400/168 : Bern, the hunte, hadde at him enuye.
- c1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)345 : I herde an hunte blowe T'assay hys horn.
- c1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)541 : These huntes konne hym nowher see.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)120.76 (v.2:p.309) : Nero sent hys huntys to huntyn aftyr wylde bestis.
- c1460 Of alle mennys (Dub 432)61 : The bereward also, þe huntes frende, ffell downe on kne.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)7.357 : Þe kynge heet erliche amorwe þat alle þe hontes schulde come wiþ þer houndes.
- a1500(?a1475) Guy(4) (Cmb Ff.2.38)2323 : When the emperowre had ete..He clepyd hys hunte to hym there.
b
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)13466 : Forr itt bitacneþþ hunntess hus, Forr þatt teȝȝ sholldenn hunntenn..affterr menn wiþþ spelless.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)13477 : Filippe wass Rihht god & haȝherr hunnte.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)209 : Ich ȝiu wile seggen..wi þe deuel is nemd sinful and hunte.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)21 : Migte neure diuel witen, ðog he be derne hunte, hu he dun come.
c
- (c1215) in Bannister PNHerf.100 : Huntidune.
- (1235) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms76 : Rog. Huntteman.
- (1247) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms77 : Oterhunte.
- (1273) Surnames in Disc.23 : Walter hunteman.
- (1275) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms77 : Foxhunte.
- (1279) in Mawer PNNhb.& Dur.121 : Huntelaw.
- (1281) Rec.Crondal in Hamp.RS 3143 : Petrus le Hunte dat domino xij d.
- (1282) in Bannister PNHerf.100 : Hunteland.
- (1285) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms75 : Thom. le Hount.
- (1318) Close R.Edw.II554 : Adam Hunteman.
- (1332) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms75 : Joh. le Hounte.
- (1348) Feudal Aids 595 : Johannes Huntesman.
- (1364-5) Rec.Crondal in Hamp.RS 345 : Walterus Honte.