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hathel

n. (context obsolete or dialectal English) A noble; a noble man of worth; man.

Usage examples of "hathel".

This hathel helde3 hym in and the halle entres, Driuande to the he3e dece, dut he no wothe, Haylsed he neuer one, bot he3e he ouer loked.

Ther wat3 lokyng on lenthe the lude to beholde, For vch mon had meruayle quat hit mene my3t That a hathel and a horse my3t such a hwe lach, As growe grene as the gres and grener hit semed, Then grene aumayl on golde glowande bry3ter.

When non wolde kepe hym with carp he co3ed ful hyyghe, Ande rimed hym ful richly, and ry3t hym to speke: "What, is this Arthures hous," quoth the hathel thenne, "That al the rous rennes of thur3 ryalmes so mony?

Fyrst I ethe the, hathel, how that thou hattes That thou me telle truly, as I tryst may.

That holde on that on syde the hathel auysed, As hit schemered and schon thur3 the schyre oke3.

Gawayn gly3t on the gome that godly hym gret, And thu3t hit a bolde burne that the burygh ayghte, A hoge hathel for the none3, and of h3e eldee.

He hent the hathel aboute the halse, and hendely hym kysses, And eftersones of the same he serued hym there.