Forhooy

/fɔrˈhuːi/ interjection

Definition

Another variant of the hunting cry 'forhoo,' possibly with regional or stylistic differences in spelling and pronunciation.

Etymology

Variant spelling of 'forhoo' or 'forhooie' with the '-y' suffix. The multiple spellings (forhoo, forhooie, forhooy) reflect how oral hunting calls were inconsistently written down in medieval times.

Kelly Says

Three different spellings of basically the same hunting shout show that medieval writers didn't have spelling standards—they just wrote down sounds phonetically, so hunting calls got recorded every different way.

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