hove

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /həʊv/ (General American) IPA(key): /hoʊv/ Rhymes: -əʊv === Etymology 1 === From Middle English hoven (“to linger, wait, hover, move aside, entertain, cherish, foster”), from Old English *hofian (“to receive into one's house”), from Proto-Germanic *hufōną (“to house, lodge”), from Proto-Germanic *hufą (“hill, height, farm, dwelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *keup- (“to arch, bend, buckle”). Cognate with Old Frisian hovia (“to receive into one's home, entertain”), Old Dutch hoven (“to receive into one's home, entertain”). Related to Old English hof (“court, house, dwelling”). More at hovel. ==== Verb ==== hove (third-person singular simple present hoves, present participle hoving, simple past and past participle hoved) (obsolete, intransitive) To remain suspended in air, water etc.; to float, to hover. (obsolete, intransitive) To wait, linger. (obsolete, intransitive) To move on or by. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To remain; delay. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To remain stationary (usually on horseback). ===== Alternative forms ===== huve, huff, houf (Scotland) === Etymology 2 === From Middle English hoven, alteration (due to hove, hoven, past tense and past participle of heven (“to heave”)). More at heave. ==== Verb ==== hove (third-person singular simple present hoves, present participle hoving, simple past and past participle hoved) (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To raise; lift; hold up. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To rise. === Etymology 3 === Inflected forms. ==== Verb ==== hove (nautical) simple past and past participle of heave (obsolete or dialectal) simple past and past participle of heave ===== Synonyms ===== heaved == Middle Dutch == === Noun === hōve inflection of hof: dative singular nominative/accusative/genitive plural == Middle English == === Etymology === From Old English hōfe. === Noun === hōve (uncountable) ground-ivy == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²ho.ʋə/ === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== hove supine of hevja ==== Participle ==== hove neuter of hoven ==== Adjective ==== hove neuter of hoven === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== hove n (definite singular hovet, indefinite plural hove, definite plural hova) (dialectal) alternative form of hovud (“head”) == Old Frisian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhove/ === Noun === hove dative singular of hof ==== References ==== Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009), An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN