hode

Meanings

verbhode (third-person singular simple present hodes, present participle hoding, simple past and past participle hoded)

present singular third person hodes · participle present hoding · participle past hoded · past hoded · alternative had · alternative hade · alternative haid

obsoletetransitiveTo ordain; consecrate; admit to a religious order.

Origin

Old Englishhād“rank, order, office, holy office”
Old Englishhādian“to ordain, consecrate”
Middle Englishhoden
Englishhode

From Middle English hoden, hodien, from Old English hādian (“to ordain, consecrate”), from Old English hād (“rank, order, office, holy office”). More at hade (“state, order, rank”).

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