"hyve" meaning in Middle English

See hyve in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈhiːv(ə)/ [East-Midlands], /ˈhiːv/ [Northern], /ˈhiːf/ [Northern], /ˈhyːv(ə)/ [Southern, Western], /ˈheːv(ə)/ [East-Anglia, Kent] Forms: hyves [plural], heve [alternative], hive [alternative], huive [alternative], huyve [alternative], hyfe [alternative], hyffe [alternative], hufe [alternative]
Etymology: From the oblique cases of Old English hȳf, from Proto-West Germanic *hūfi. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|hȳf}} Old English hȳf, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*hūfi}} Proto-West Germanic *hūfi Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} hyve, {{enm-noun|pl2=}} hyve (plural hyves)
  1. hive (structure housing honeybees)
    Sense id: en-hyve-enm-noun-ueeQ-H9h Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 52 44 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 43 2 2
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      ]
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        "alternative"
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          "english": "Just like bees swarm from a hive / Out of the devil's arse there were driven / Twenty thousand friars on a rout / And throughout Hell they swarmed all about […]",
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        "Northern"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhyːv(ə)/",
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        "Southern",
        "Western"
      ]
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      "form": "huyve",
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      "form": "hyfe",
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        "alternative"
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          "text": "Right ſo as bees / out swarmen from an hyue / Out of the deueles ers / ther gonne dryue / Twenty thouſand freres / on a route / And thurgh oute helle / swarmeden aboute […]",
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        "Northern"
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "Northern"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhyːv(ə)/",
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        "Southern",
        "Western"
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        "Kent"
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