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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1610
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Hat(e, Hait, adv. Also: hayt, heat. [Northern ME. haytt, hate (14th c.), OE. háte.] Hotly; with heat. (Freq. fig.)
1. Qualifying pres. pples. as birnand, glowand.1375 Barb. iv. 113.
He tuk a culter hat glowand a1400 Legends of the Saints vi. 597.
The kynge … gert het ane oyne hat brynnand a1400 Ib. xix. 651.
The irne hat welland a1400 Ib. xxxiii. 578.
Quhen the leyd brynnand wes hat a1500 Henr. Orph. 318.
Wyth croun on hede, of brasse full hate birnand 1513 Doug. i. vii. 25.
The brycht son hait schynyng 1513 Ib. iv. Prol. 116.
Sum hait byrnyng as ane onbridillyt hors
2. In general use.1375 Barb. x. 693.
The erll was handlyt thair so hat a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxi. 273.
With fel fevrys … That trawalit [her] hard and hat ?1438 Alex. ii. 10842.
To thair hors thay come full hait c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace ix. 494.
The Sotheron part was handlyt thar full hayt 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. II. 467.
Men micht haue sene swift horsis haldin hait 1513 Id. Æn. viii. vii. 168.
The moltyn gold and weirlyk steil hait glowys c1550 Rolland Court of Venus iv. 335.
Se that ȝe handill him hait 1567 Satirical Poems iv. 28.
His … luife, quhilk kindlit ouer hait a1578 Pitsc. I. 347/25.
[He] straik so furieouslie and so heat at his marrow 1600-1610 Melvill 259.
Ryding … upon a kittle hat ridden hors
