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))

  1. to command, enjoin
  2. to promise
  3. 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

  1. definite plural of hot
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