Ha, 1) an exclamation of wonder and surprise: “ha, ha! what things are these?” Tp. V, 263. “ha! the prince!” Ado II, 3, 37. Ado II, 3, 37 Merch. III, 1, 18. Tw. I, 3, 150. John II, 350. H6C IV, 1, 112. R3 I, 2, 239. IV, 2, 14. H8 III, 2, 61. Troil. III, 3, 194. Rom. III, 4, 19. IV, 4, 19. Tim. IV, 3, 30. Hml. II, 2, 603. III, 1, 103. Oth. III, 3, 35 etc. Expressive of eagerness and impatience: “ha! let me see,” Gent. II, 1, 3. “ha! thou mountain-foreigner,” Wiv. I, 1, 164. III, 5, 141. Merch II, 9, 23. III, 1, 112. John IV, 3, 120. R2 IV, 294. V, 5, 42. H4B I, 1, 48 etc. Or of indignation: “ha! not she!” Meas. II, 2, 164. “ha, fie!” II, 4, 42. “ha! little honour to be much believed,” II, 4, 42 Ado IV, 1, 292. H8 I, 2, 186 etc. Sometimes joined with “hum:” Wiv. III, 5, 141. Wint. II, 1, 71. Wint. II, 1, 71 Per. V, 1, 84. Denoting triumph: “ha! if I were young again,” Wiv. I, 1, 40. “ha ha! then there's more sympathy,” II, 1, 8. “the power of Scotland and of York, to join with Mortimer, ha!” H4A I, 3, 281. “this will do Helen's heart good now, ha!” Troil. I, 2, 234. “ha! art thou there?” V, 6, 8 etc. Especially when preceded by ah (q. c.): Wiv. II, 2, 158. Tw. III, 4, 104. IV, 2, 138. R3 III, 7, 71. Rom. I, 5, 20. Hml. I, 5, 150. Ant. II, 5, 15 etc. “ha, ah, ha!” Ado III, 3, 90. Used in laughing, when reduplicated; “ha ha!” Wint. IV, 4, 606. Troil. IV, 2, 32. “ha ha ha!” Tp. II, 1, 36. III, 2, 90. H6A II, 3, 43. Troil. III, 1, 135. Troil. III, 1, 135 Tit. III, 1, 265. Lr. I, 5, 13. Oth. IV, 1, 144 etc. “ha ha he!” Troil. III, 1, 133; cf. “interjections? why then, some be of laughing, as, ah, ha, he,” Ado IV, 1, 23. Serving simply to attract attention: “sola, sola! wo ha, ho!” Merch. V, 39. “ha, ha! give me to drink mandragora,” Ant. I, 5, 3.
2) Used like the modern eh (yet unknown to Sh.) == what do you say? do you mean so? do you hear me? “do you put tricks upon us, ha?” Tp. II, 2, 61. “is he dead, my Francisco? ha, bully?” Wiv. II, 3, 28. “am I a woodman, ha?” V, 5, 31. “what reply? ha?” Meas. III, 2, 51. “the prince's fool, ha?” Ado II, 1, 212. II, 3, 79. LLL III, 54. Merch. II, 5, 44. As III, 5, 83. Shr. I, 1, 105. I, 2, 141. Tw. IV, 2, 85. Wint. I, 2, 230. H4A I, 1, 75. R3 I, 3, 234. V, 3, 5. H8 I, 1, 115. II, 2, 64. II, 2, 64 II, 2, 64 V, 1, 66. Troil. III, 3, 67. Troil. III, 3, 67 Hml. V, 1, 121. Cymb. II, 1, 13 etc.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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