† ˈhostey, v. Obs.
Also h)osteye, hostaye, (hostie).
[a. OF. (h)osteie-r, -aier, -oier:—L. type *hosticāre, f. hostis (med.L.) army, warlike expedition: see host n.1]
intr. To wage war, make a warlike expedition.
? a 1400 Morte Arth. 555, I ettylle my selfene, To hostaye in Almayne with armede knyghtez. Ibid. 3503 Ffor he es in this empire..Ostayande in this oryente with awfulle knyghtes. 1430–40 Lydg. Bochas iii. ix. (1554) 80 b, Neuer prince..Hosteyed at once with such a multitude. c 1450 Merlin 70 Arayed for to osteye. 1475 Bk. Noblesse 13 Full noble erle of Darby havyng rule..in the duchie of Guyen, hostied the said tyme and yere. |