hote

See also: hôte

English

Etymology

From Middle English hoten, hoaten, haten, from Old English hātan (“to command, be called”), from Proto-West Germanic *haitan, from Proto-Germanic *haitaną (“command, name”), from Proto-Indo-European *keyd-, from *key- (“put in motion, be moving”).

Cognates

Cognate with Saterland Frisian heete (“to be named”), Dutch heten (“to be named”), German Low German heten (“to be called, be named”), German heißen (“to be called”), Swedish heta (“to be called”). Related to hight, hest.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /həʊt/
(General American) enPR: hōt, IPA^(key): /hoʊt/
Rhymes: -əʊt

Verb

hote (third-person singular simple present hotes, present participle hoting, simple past hight, past participle hoten)

(transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To command; to enjoin.
The captain hight five sailors stay on the other side of the inlet and guard the cargo.
Beowulf hight his men build a great mead-hall, the kind of which man's progeny should hear tell forever.
(obsolete) To promise.
(obsolete, intransitive) To be called, be named.
(obsolete, transitive) To call, name.

Usage notes

In the sense of "to command, enjoin", hight may be replaced as follows:

The captain hight five sailors stay on the other side of the inlet and guard the cargo. = The captain commanded five sailors to stay on the other side of the inlet and guard the cargo.
Beowulf hight his men build a great mead-hall, the kind of which man's progeny should hear tell forever. = Beowulf commanded his men to build a great mead-hall, the kind of which man's progeny should hear tell forever.

The word survives only as part of the oral tradition in rural Scotland and Northern England. It is no longer used in common speech.

Related terms

behote

Anagrams

Theo, Theo., etho-, theo, theo-

Middle English

Noun

hote

Alternative form of ote

Yola

Adjective

hote

Alternative form of hoat

References

Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 46

单词	hote
释义	hote See also: hôte English Etymology From Middle English hoten, hoaten, haten, from Old English hātan (“to command, be called”), from Proto-West Germanic haitan, from Proto-Germanic haitaną (“command, name”), from Proto-Indo-European keyd-, from key- (“put in motion, be moving”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian heete (“to be named”), Dutch heten (“to be named”), German Low German heten (“to be called, be named”), German heißen (“to be called”), Swedish heta (“to be called”). Related to hight, hest. Pronunciation (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /həʊt/ (General American) enPR: hōt, IPA^(key): /hoʊt/ Rhymes: -əʊt Verb hote (third-person singular simple present hotes, present participle hoting, simple past hight, past participle hoten) (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To command; to enjoin. The captain hight* five sailors stay on the other side of the inlet and guard the cargo.* Beowulf hight* his men build a great mead-hall, the kind of which man's progeny should hear tell forever.* (obsolete) To promise. (obsolete, intransitive) To be called, be named. (obsolete, transitive) To call, name. Usage notes In the sense of "to command, enjoin", hight may be replaced as follows: The captain hight* five sailors stay on the other side of the inlet and guard the cargo. = The captain commanded five sailors to stay on the other side of the inlet and guard the cargo.* Beowulf hight* his men build a great mead-hall, the kind of which man's progeny should hear tell forever. = Beowulf commanded his men to build a great mead-hall, the kind of which man's progeny should hear tell forever. The word survives only as part of the oral tradition in rural Scotland and Northern England. It is no longer used in common speech. Related terms behote Anagrams Theo, Theo., etho-, theo, theo- Middle English Noun hote* Alternative form of ote Yola Adjective hote Alternative form of hoat References Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 46
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