hove

Meanings

1. To remain suspended in air, water etc.; to float, to hover.
2. To wait, linger.
3. To move on or by.
4. To remain; delay.
5. To remain stationary (usually on horseback).

1. To raise; lift; hold up.
2. To rise.

1. simple past and past participle of heave

1. A town in the city of Brighton and Hove, on the south coast of East Sussex, England, west of Brighton (OS grid ref TQ2804).

Etymology

From Middle English hoven (“to linger, wait, hover, move aside, entertain, cherish, foster”), from Old English *hofian (“to receive into one's house”), from Proto-Germanic *hufōną (“to house, lodge”), from Proto-Germanic *hufą (“hill, height, farm, dwelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *keup- (“to arch, bend, buckle”). Cognate with Old Frisian hovia (“to receive into one's home, entertain”), Old Dutch hoven (“to receive into one's home, entertain”). Related to Old English hof (“court, house, dwelling”). More at hovel.