Foothot

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Without stopping or slowing down; immediately, at once. obsolete

    "Thenne there came two knyȝtes of Northgales / that one hyghte Hewe de la montayne / and the other syr Madok de la montayne / & they chalengyd sire launcelot foote hote / Syr Launcelot not refusyng hem but made hym redy"

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"Thenne there came two knyȝtes of Northgales / that one hyghte Hewe de la montayne / and the other syr Madok de la montayne / & they chalengyd sire launcelot foote hote / Syr Launcelot not refusyng hem but made hym redy"

Etymology

From Middle English fot hot; equivalent to foot + hot.

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