Searchable Lemmata: hosa (ME), hose (ME), hosa (L), hose (AF), hosen (ME), hoser (AF), as (Ir), hos (Co), hosan (W), hose (MdE), hosed (MdE).
Alternate Forms: assaigid, assan, hosie, hosel, hosen, hossen, hoese, house, hosed, ihosed, osed, houzer, heser, hosyn.
1a(n.)
Footwear;
legging or stocking, with or without feet, made of cloth, leather or similar. The term is primarily found in the plural. Many of the senses overlap. Also appears in compounds: (ME) parti hosen; hose-cloth; (ME) hose lether.(ante 1200 still in current use)
2. in uno pari hoesarum vaccinarum et unius paris parvorum socularium [l. sotularium] ad opus regis ij s. xj d. per manum Willelmi Scissoris
Accounts.
[DMLBS Misae (236) 1213]
7. Ych heue vp myn honde to þe lord ... þat fro aþreed of þe wefte [WB(2): oof; L subtegminis] vnto a garter of a hose [L caligae] I schall not take of all þingez þat ben þin
Biblical/Hagiographic.
[MED WBible(1) ((Bod 959) Gen.14.23) ante 1382]
9. sutor quidem ocreas sive husas faciat et sotulares pariter varios et multimodos ut allutarius sc. husarios, tantum faciet ocreas et non sotulares ... item habeat sotulares pecatos vel sotulares cum medullis corrigiis laqueatos ... zonarius habeat plusculas de ferro, cupro ... sellarius ... habeat scuta listata flosculis
Accounts.
[DMLBS Neues Archiv (IV 342) 1300/1399]
10. [150] ... He ferde as freke were fade, & ouer-al enker grene ... [153] ... A mere mantile abof, mensked with-inne With pelure pured apert ... [157] ... Hose of þat same grene Þat spenet on his sparlyr
Arthurian, Heroic, Poetic, Romance.
[MED Gawain ((Nero A.10) 150-157) circa 1400]
11. [p. 227]
Off ffyne cordewan’, A goodly peyre of long pekyd schon
hosyn enclosyd • of þe most costyous cloth • of Crenseyn’
þus a bey to a jentylman • to make comparycion
With two dosyn poyntys of cheverelle • þe Aglottys of syluer feyn’.
A shert of feyn holond • but care not for þe payment
A stomachere of clere reynes • þe best may be bowth
Þow poverte be chef • lete pride þer be present
And ałł þo þat repreff pride, þou sette hem at nowth.
Cadace • wolle • or flokkys • where it may be sowth
To stuffe with-al þi dobbelet, and make þe of proporcyon
Two smale legges • And a gret body • þow it ryme nowth
ȝet loke þat þou desyre • to An þe newe faccion.
A gowne of thre ȝerdys loke þou make comparison'
Vn-to ałł degrees dayly •þat passe þin astat
A purse with-outyn mony • a daggere for devoscyon’
And þere repref is of synne • loke þu make debate
With syde lokkys I schrewe þin here • to þi coloere hangyng down’
to herebrowe qweke bestys þat tekele men onyth
[p. 228]
An hey smal bonet • for curyng of þe crowne
And ałł beggerys and pore pepyłł • haue hem on dyspyte
...
A beggerys dowtere to make gret purvyauns
To cownterfete a jentyl woman’ [...]
Here colere splayed • and furryd with Ermyn calabere or satan’
A seyn to selle lechory • to hem þat wyl bey
And þei þat wyl not by it, yet i-now xal þei han’
And telle hem it is for love • she may it not deney.
Biblical/Hagiographic, Drama, Poetic.
[MED Ludus C. ((Vsp D.8) 227-228) ante 1475]
13. Ro gap iaram da assan aeingela iarnaidhe imma dib sliastcolpthaibh. Siat glanta gleorda glainidhe. Siat niamdha nemmergidhe cona m-bondbaigib dilsi degfuaighthe druimlethair fotha, cona cassnaithchib caiti cruaidhsnithib coimtenna columdai ic imfostadh a n-uruachtar & ic cassadcengal a cuarbel im certmedon da sliasat inn airdrigh.
Historic.
[eDIL CCath (5205-10)]
Use: Secular Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Foot, Leg.
1b(n.)
Footwear;
specifically, a close-fitting garment covering the legs resembling modern tights; joined hose (as in the 'close hose' in the Rolls of Parliament for April 1463: cf. MED RParl. 5.505-b below).(ante 1350 still in current use)
2. [505b] ... of Seint Peter, to eny of the seid persones, contrarie to this acte, forfeit also to youre highnes, at every defaute, .xl. d.
And also to ordeyn and stablissh by the seid auctorite that noo servaunte to husbondrie, nor commen laborer, nor servaunt to eny artificer, inhabitaunt oute of citee or borough, after the forseid fest of All Halowes, use nor were in their clothyng, eny cloth wherof the brode yerde shall excede in price .ij. s.; nor that eny of the same servauntez or laborers suffer eny of their wyfes to were or use, from the same fest, eny clothyng of hyer price then is afore lymyted to their husbondes; nor that they suffre eny of their seid wyfes, after the same fest, to use or were eny kerchiefs wherof the price of the plight shall excede .xij. d.; nor that eny of the same servauntez nor laborers, after the same fest, use or were eny close hoses, nor eny hoses wherof the peyre shall excede in price .xiiij. d.; nor that the same servauntez or laborers, nor noon of their wyfes, fro the same fest, were eny girdell harneysed with silver; uppon peyne to forfeit, for every defaute, to your highnes .xl. d.
And forasmoch as the kerchiefs daily brought into this reame, enducen grete charge and cost in the same, and in effect in waste, that it may like youre seid highnes by the seid auctorite to ordeyn and stablissh that noo persone, after the fest of Seint Michell tharchangell next commyng, selle in any parte within this reame, eny lawne, nyfels, umple or eny other manere of kerchiefs wherof the price of a plight shall excede .x. s.; uppon the peyn to forfeit to youre highnes, for every plight sold at hyer price, .xiij. s. .iiij. d.
Legal.
[MED RParl. (5.505b) 1463/1464]
4. For v 3erdes off kendall for master Doley, price off a 3erde iiij d. ... For Richard ... a payr close hosyn of russet karyssey, price, xvj d.
[MED Stonor (1.153) circa 1475]
5. .i. broga ... hasaib haccrandaib .i. asa dergarimoind[?] ima cosaibh .i. asaite imtecht a tribuis 7 a cuarain ime
Gloss.
[eDIL O'Dav. (1068)]
Sex: Male Use: Secular Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Foot, Leg.
2a(n.)
Footwear;
slipper or shoe. Very often, the Irish evidence suggests a shoe made of thin, soft leather.(ante 900 - ante 1600)
1. Nos tamen mediocribus locis sufficere credimus monachis per singulos cucullam et tonicam cucullam in hieme villosam in estate puram aut vetustatem, et scapulare propter opera indumenta pedum pedules et caligas on medenlicum stowum genihtsumian munecum geond ænlepige culam & tonican culam on wintre þicce on sumere þinne oððe ealdnesse & scapularian for weorcum fiandreaf fota soccas & hosan.
[DOE BenRGl (0480 (55.91.13))]
Sex: Male Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Foot.
3(n.)
Armour;
greave or greaves; armour for the legs (in Anglo-French often in the phrase hose de fer 'hose of iron'.(ante 1150 - circa 1440)
3. Ac yna y hurdaud ermin ef yn varchaug ac y guisgaud arueu ymdanau nyt amgen actwn da dilis ysgafyn, a lluruc duy dyplic yr hon ny fuyssei dec arugein o funei y wlat. ac nyt oed araf a allei argyued y vn o hynny truy y lluruc. ac ar vchaf hynny quire diogel , a chynsallt hossaneu lluryc a chrimogeu am y draet ay ysgeired ac ar warthaf hynny ysparduneu eureit. am y ben y dodet penguch burkwin a ffaylet. ac ar warthaf hynny helym eureit echdywynnedic. a guedy hynny y rodes y brenhin cledyf idaw ac y gwisgaud amdanaw.
Romance.
[GPC YBH (9. col. 17 535 -49a) circa 1250]
5. bombacinia: aketun (vars. haketouns, purpoyns, purpoyntis) ... rubea: wayd, en brasil ... galeros: chapel de quir, heumis ... ocreas: heses, hoseus, chausis de fer, esses ... toraces: wambesouns (vars. gambaysuns, gambisum vel uardecors, wadesuns)
Gloss.
[AND TLL (ii 136) ante 1300]
Sex: Male Use: Military Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Foot, Leg.
4(n.)
Garment;
symbol of chieftancy or high rank. That is the one in the hose, the chief.(circa 900 - circa 1200 ?)
Use: Secular Ceremonial: Yes
Body Parts:
5(n.)
Utilisation;
various items resembling hose or stockings: a (leather) bottle or cask (L usage 1212, with ref. to serjeantry); the sheath or husk of an ear of grain (ME, a1398); a flexible tube for conveying liquids (a 'hose', ME from 1339); a snare, a kind of fishing net (ME from c1450); etc.(ante 1160 - ante 1500)
Use: n/a Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
6(n.)
Personal Name;
appears in surnames.(circa 1210)
Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
7(vb.)
Utilisation;
to fit or furnish with hose (senses 1a and 1b) or other leg-wear; also, to put on hose. Appears as a past particple, 'hosed', furnished with or wearing hose; clad in hose. Also figurative.(circa 1174 still in current use)
Sex: Male, Female Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Foot, Leg.
