interj.
'stop!' (Modern English hoo)
PGmc Ancestor
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
hó ‘ho!’
(ONP hó (interj.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Icel hó, ho, Norw ho, hu
OE Cognate
Phonological and morphological markers
Summary category
BBB2a
Fairly widespread from late 14c.
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Gaw 2330; WA 2835, 4437