hoten

Middle English

Alternative forms

• hoaten, haten

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.

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Swedish

Noun

hoten

1. definite plural of hot