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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1420-1609
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Huve, Huf(e, v.1 Also: hwve, huwe, huff, huif(f, huife. P.t. also huit. [Var. of Hove v.1 See also Houf v. In later use much the commoner form. Chiefly in verse.] intr. Said only of persons on horseback: To remain stationary; to halt and wait.(a) c1420 Wynt. viii. 3603.
The Scottis men that ware Hwvand togyddyr on the bra c1420 Ib. ix. 1011.
Qwhen he had huwyd [C. huffit] thare halff the day 1487 Brus xv. 461 (C).
Thai … on the hill abaid huvande a1500 Golagros and Gawane 840.
Evin to the castell he raid, Huvit in ane dern slaid 1513 Douglas xi. xiii. 114.
Awnus son … alssone he hir saw, Abasyt huvis still for dreid and aw a1500 Id. King Hart 198.
The foure sum baid and huvit on the grene 1535 Stewart 27123.
Tua pert Pichtis on hors wer huvand by 1535 Ib. 27259.
The Saxonis … , Evin at thair hand war huvand by ane hicht, On fit and hors c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace (1570) Iv. 313.
Tythingis to speir he huwit thame amang(b) c1420 Wynt. viii. 3572 (C).
Wondrande a qwhile thar huffit thai 1487 Brus xviii. 299 (C).
With thame of his cumpany … all preuely He hufit in-till ane enbuschement c1450-2 Howlat 646 (A).
Syne [they] hufe, hover, and behald the herbery place 1513 Doug. v. x. 59.
All the rowt, All reddy hufand [R. huffand] thar coursys forto tak 1513 Ib. xii. v. 40.
We … That now, thus sleuthfully, … Hufys still on thir feldis c1450-2 Howlat 301 B).
Hufe thaj nocht ellis Bot bownis out of Babilon a1500 King Hart 171.
As spreitles folkis on blonkis hvffit on hicht, Both in ane studie starand still thai stude ?1438 Alex. II. 6183.
Thare was ane fare ourcouered feild, Quhare Lyoun hufit and thame beheld(c) 1535 Stewart 50558.
The erle … Huifit on far and durst nocht than cum neir 1535 Ib. 54734.
The Inglismen … That tyme on hors wes neirhand huifand by a1500 Taill of Rauf Coilȝear 493.
Thow huifis on thir holtis, and haldis me heir Quhill half the haill day may the hicht haue 15.. Clariodus v. 2274.
He did huife still long time and him beheld 1609 Criminal Trials III. 46.
Thai come … within a myle quhair the Lord Maxwell and Charlis Maxwell was huiffand on horsbak togidder(d) a1500 Taill of Rauf Coilȝear 415.
He huit and he houerit quhill midmorne and mair
b. Used vaguely or loosely of herds of deer. c1450-2 Howlat 20.
Thir hartis in heirdis couth huf, Pransand and prunȝeand
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