hoten
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English hātan (“to command, call promise”). More at hight, hest, behest
Verb
hoten (third-person sg present hatte or hot, present participle hotende or hotynge, third-person sg preterite hight or heet, past participle (y)hote(n))
- to command, enjoin
- to promise
- to be called, be named; hight
- There as I was wont to hote Arcite, Now hight I Philostrate, not worth a mite. --Chaucer.
Swedish
Noun
hoten