ABSTRACT
Houyhnhnm. See WHINE, heading and para 1. hovel: ME hovel, var hovyl: 0.0.0.: perh cf MF
huvelet, a penthouse, app a dim of MF huve, a bonnet, from Gmc ·huba-perh ult CfHAT.
hover (v, hence n): ME hoveren, to hover, to linger, (7 an int, ? a freq, 7 freq-int) from ME hoven, to hover, to linger: prob from MD-MLG hoven, to dwell, to linger: 7 akin to L hobitare (cf HABIT, para 9).
