Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Hatte \Hat`te\,
pres. & imp. sing. & pl. of {Hote}, to be called. See {Hote}.
[Obs.] --Chaucer.
A full perilous place, purgatory it hatte. --Piers
Plowman.
Hote \Hote\, v. t. & i. [pres. & imp. {Hatte}, {Hot}, etc.; p.
p. {Hote}, {Hoten}, {Hot}, etc. See {Hight}, {Hete}.]
1. To command; to enjoin. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
2. To promise. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
3. To be called; to be named. [Obs.]
There as I was wont to hote Arcite, Now hight I
Philostrate, not worth a mite. --Chaucer.