hoat

From Middle High German hart, from Old High German harti, hertī, from Proto-West Germanic *hard(ī), from Proto-Germanic *harduz (“hard, brave”). Cognates include German hart, Dutch hard, English hard, Yiddish האַרט (hart), Old Norse harðr, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌿𐍃 (hardus).

• IPA^(key): /hɔɐ̯d̥/

hoat (comparative härter, superlative härtastn)

1. hard
2. severe, harsh
3. (figurative) unmoved, cold, cruel

hoat

1. hard (with force or effort)
2. sharply, roughly, severely
3. close (ån (+ dative) to)

hoat

1. hard

• hote, hoate

From Middle English hoot, hote, hoote, from Old English hāt.

• IPA^(key): /hɔːt/

hoat

1. hot
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:

     Hoat broan.

     Fire brand.

   • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 94:

     Aar was a muskawn o buthther ee-laaide apan hoat shruaanès,

     There was a great heap of butter laid upon hot scraps,

hoat

1. heat

• scaul hoate

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 46