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hovel

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Searchable Lemmata: hovel (AF).
Alternate Forms: houel, huuel, huvele.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Headgear; cap or headdress; a cowl. Cf. houve.(circa 1250 - circa 1350 ?)
1. Si poez estre sanz wimpel, seez od chaudes huveles qe l'en appele kappes et par desus celles noires veilz Ecclesiastic/Regula. [AND Ancren1 (309.12-13) circa 1250/1300]
2. Il vint de la tur monté un povere hakeney en une cote de raye, et chaucé de blaunche chauces, sa teste coverte de une houel (l. hovel) [AND Cron Lond (100) circa 1343]
c.f.: houve
AF.
Sex: Male, Female    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Head.

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, a borrowing of English houve (q.v.) + diminutive suffix; probably influenced by AF coule ('cowl', q.v.).
WF:
Etym Cog: houvel (MdE), houvel (ME), hufe (OE).
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