Note 881 — Chapter XII · NEW YEAR CUSTOMS
Reading edition
Brand, i. 217; Burne-Jackson, 381; Dyer, 405; Ditchfield, 25, 161; Northall, 216; Henderson, 66; Haddon, 476; Pfannenschmidt, 206. The N. E. D. plausibly explains ‘gooding,’ which seems to be used of any of these quêtes as ‘wishing good,’ and ‘hooding’ may be a corruption of this.