hoten
English
Verb
hoten
- (obsolete) past participle of hote.
Anagrams
- ethno-, on the, oneth, thone
Middle English
Alternative forms
- hoaten, haten
Etymology
From Old English hātan (“to command, call promise”). More at hight, hest, behest.
Verb
hoten (third-person sg present hatte or hot, present participle hotende or hotynge, third-person sg preterite hight or heet, past participle (y)hote(n))
- to command, enjoin
- to promise
- to be called, be named; hight
- c. 1370–1390, [William Langland], “Passus primus de visione”, in The Vision of Pierce Plowman [...], London: […] Roberte Crowley, […], published 1550, OCLC 837479643, folio v, verso:
- Therin wonneth a wyght that Wronge is Ihote / Father of falſhead, and founded it him ſelfe / Adam and Eue he egged to yll, / Councelled Cayne to kyll his brother
- Therein dwells a creature that Wrong is named, / Father of falsehood, and founded it himself. / Adam and Eve he egged to ill, / Counselled Cain to kill his brother
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Descendants
- English: hote, hight
- Scots: hate, hait
Slovene
Participle
hotȅn
- past passive participle of hoteti
Swedish
Noun
hoten
- definite plural of hot