hod

See also: hód

English

Three men, each carrying a hod of bricks

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑd/
• Rhymes: -ɑːd
• Rhymes: -ɒd

Etymology 1

Etymology uncertain, but apparently related to Scots hod (“to jog along on horseback”), Scots houd, howd (“to sway, rock from side to side, wriggle, bob up and down”). Probably all from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English hūdenian (“to shake, sway, rock back and forth”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *hud- (“to shake”). Related to Scots hodder (“to plod, stump or jog along”), Low German hūdern (“to shake, shudder”). Compare also hoddle.

Verb

hod (third-person singular simple present hodd, present participle ing, simple past and past participle hodded)

1. (intransitive) To bob up and down on horseback; jog.

Etymology 2

Alteration of Middle English hott (“pannier”), from Old French hotte, from Frankish *hotta (“basket”).

Noun

hod (plural hods)

1. A three-sided box for carrying bricks or other construction materials, often mortar. It bears a long handle and is carried over the shoulder.
2. A receptacle for carrying coal, particularly one designed to facilitate loading coal or coke through the door of a firebox.
3. A pewterer's blowpipe.

Related terms

• hod carrier

Translations

box

• French: hotte (fr) f
• Irish: adac m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: sparviere (it) m
• Russian: лото́к (ru) m (lotók), коры́то (ru) n (korýto)

Anagrams

• OHD, d'oh, doh

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦot/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

1. throw

Related terms

• hodit

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
• Template:R:SSJC

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hād, from Proto-Germanic *haiduz.

Alternative forms

• hode, had, hade, hede

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔːd/
• IPA^(key): /hɑːd/
• IPA^(key): /hɛːd/

Noun

hod (plural hodes)

1. One's degree, level, office, or estate; one's position in relation to others
2. A religious or clerical office, position, or calling.
3. State, condition, one's position in relation to one's previous position.
4. (Christianity) The Trinity; the three hypostases composing the Godhead.

Derived terms

• hoden

Descendants

• English: hade, hede (obsolete)
• Scots: hade (obsolete)

References

• “họ̄d (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-12.

Etymology 2

From Old English hōd.

Noun

hod

1. Alternative form of hood

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *xodъ, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *sod-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xôːd/

Noun

hȏd m (Cyrillic spelling хо̑д)

1. walk, gait
2. pace

Declension

Declension of hod

	singular	plural
nominative	hȏd	hȍdovi
genitive	hȏda	hȍdōvā
dative	hȏdu	hȍdovima
accusative	hȏd	hȍdove
vocative	hȏde	hȍdovi
locative	hȏdu	hȍdovima
instrumental	hȏdom	hȍdovima

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɔt/

Noun

hod m

1. throw

Declension

Declension of hod

	singular	plural
nominative	hod	hody
genitive	hodu	hodov
dative	hodu	hodom
accusative	hod	hody
locative	hode	hodoch
instrumental	hodom	hodmi

Further reading

• “hod”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024