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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hoten \Hot"en\,
p. p. of {Hote}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hote \Hote\, verb (used with an object) & i. [pres. & imp. {Hatte}, {Hot}, etc.; p.
p. {Hote}, {Hoten}, {Hot}, etc. See {Hight}, {Hete}.]
1. To command; to enjoin. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
2. To promise. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
3. To be called; to be named. [Obs.]
There as I was wont to hote Arcite,
Now hight I Philostrate, not worth a mite.
--Chaucer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hight \Hight\, verb (used with an object) & i. [imp. {Hight}, {Hot}, p. p. {Hight},
{Hote} (?), {Hoten} (?). See {Hote}.] [OE. heiten, highten,
haten, hoten; also hight, hatte, hette, is called, was
called, AS. h[=a]tan to call, name, be called, to command,
promise; also h[=a]tte is called, was called; akin to G.
heissen to call, be called, bid, Goth. haitan to call, in the
passive, to be called.]
1. To be called or named. [Archaic & Poetic.]
Note: In the form hight, it is used in a passive sense as a
present, meaning is called or named, also as a
preterite, was called or named. This form has also been
used as a past participle. See {Hote}.
The great poet of Italy,
That highte Dante. --Chaucer.
Bright was her hue, and Geraldine she hight.
--Surrey.
Entered then into the church the Reverend
Teacher.
Father he hight, and he was, in the parish.
--Longfellow.
Childe Harold was he hight. --Byron.
2. To command; to direct; to impel. [Obs.]
But the sad steel seized not where it was hight
Upon the child, but somewhat short did fall.
--Spenser.
3. To commit; to intrust. [Obs.]
Yet charge of them was to a porter hight. --Spenser.
4. To promise. [Obs.]
He had hold his day, as he had hight. --Chaucer.
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