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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1420
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Hat, v. P.p. hattin, hattyn(e. [ME. hat, hatt(e, OE. hátte, p.t. of hátan Hate v.2]
1. a. Was called or named. b. Is called.a. 1375 Barb. iv. 5851.
Now gais the messinger his vay That hat Cuthbert 1375 Ib. ix. 692.
Alexander Steward hat he a1400 Legends of the Saints xxix. 830.
Thu … with me gat Twa sonnis & ane hat Theospitus c1420 Wynt. i. 870.
For it wes set betwene tha twa It hat Mesopotamya c1420 Ib. v. 2647.
Coel … lefft a dochtyr, … Scho hat Elaneb. 1375 Barb. viii. 34.
The Edry-furd it hat … ; It lyis betuix marras twa a1400 Legends of the Saints vii. 294.
A feste … That in oure led witsonday hat c1420 Wynt. i. 1088.
For hale and pwre thare is the ayre, It hat Ysawrya sa fayre
2. In the p.p. Named, called. 1375 Barb. x. 750.
Francois hattyn wes he 1375 Ib. xiv. 376.
Thomas of Dion hattyn wes he c1420 Wynt. I. 133.
Nyle wes hattyn Gyon, As Gauges fyrst wes calde Phison c1420 Ib. ii. 278 (W).
As scho slane had a gyand That to name hattyne [R. callyd] wes Palland
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