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ale-hoof|ˈeɪlhuːf|
Forms: 3–4 heyhoue, 4 haihay-, hale-houe, 6–7 ale-hove, ale-hoofe, 7–9 ale-hoof.
[Formerly ale hove, from OE. ‘hófe, viola’ (ælfric) in allusion to its alleged use in brewing instead of hops; perhaps a corruption of the earlier hay-hove, ‘hedge-hove,’ influenced by misunderstanding of another early name, tun-hove, f. tún enclosure. Among the various kinds of hófe mentioned in OE. there is no ale-hófe. See hove.]
The herb ground-ivy (Nepeta Glechoma); also formerly called hay- or hey hove, horse-hove, and hove.
a1300W. de Biblesworth in Wright Voc. 162, Eyre terestre, heyhowe. c1350Arderne Practica in Promp. Parv. 250 Haihoue, vel halehoue, vel folfyt, vel horshoue. 1579Langham Gard. Health (1633) 8 Alehoofe, ground iuie, gilrunbith ground, or Tudnoore. 1597Gerard Herball ii. ccc. 705 Commonly called..ground Iuie, Alehoof, Gill creepe by ground, tunehoofe, and Cats foote. Ibid. 707 The women of our northren parts..do tun the herbe Alehooue into their ale, but the reason thereof I know not. 1656Ridgley Pract. Physic 284 Let him take often with a spoon Water of Ale⁓hove. 1676Beal in Phil. Trans. XI. 587 Alehoof, or Ground-Ivy, famous for dispatching the maturation of Ale and Beer. 1859E. Capern Bal. & Songs 128 Where ale-hoof and the borage, too, Held forth their gems of blue. |