▪ I. † hath, ? a. Sc. Obs.
[Cf. ON. háð mocking, scoffing. (Cf. hething.)]
(?) Scornful.
| c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints, Margaret 435 [She] saynit hyr, & rase vp hath, & rakit to þat body rath. |
Hence † hathful a., scornful, mocking.
| a 1240 Wohunge in Cott. Hom. 279 For hu mon þe ofte seide schomeliche wordes and haðfule hokeres. |
▪ II. hath
arch. 3rd pers. sing. pres. ind. of have.