▪ I. † hote Obs.
Forms: 1 hát, 2–3 (4 north.) hat, 3–4 hot, 4–5 hote.
[OE. hát, also ᵹehát = OHG. gaheiȥ, MHG. heiȥ, ON. heit, f. stem hait- of haitan, OE. hátan: see hight v.1]
A promise; a vow: = hight n.1 2.
| c 950 Lindisf. Gosp. Luke xxiv. 49 Ic sendo hat fadores mines in iuih. c 1200 Ormin 13822 Þiss hat tatt wass Natanaæl Bihatenn and Filippe. c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 936 Abram leuede ðis hot in sped. a 1300 E.E. Psalter xlix. 14 (Mätz.) Yelde til Hegheste þi hates. c 1340 Cursor M. 2349 (Fairf.) For þis hote [Cott. hight, Gött. hith, Trin. biheest] miȝt be na fabil. c 1460 Towneley Myst. vi. 46 Lord of heuen, that all wote, here to the I make a hote. |
▪ II. hote
obs. f. hot, oat: see also hight v.1