hething

== Middle English == === Noun === hething contempt late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Reeve's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 4109-4110: == Scots == === Etymology === From Middle English hething, from Old Norse hæðing (“a scoffing”), from háðung (“scorn, shame, disgrace”). === Noun === hething (uncountable) (obsolete) Contempt; mockery; scorn. === References === “hething”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.