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• Hoo: used in placenames in England, referring to coastal peninsulas and promontories → Howth is a peninsula

• Hu: ancient Egyptian deity, a deification of the first word, the word of creation, which Atum uttered upon ejaculating the world into existence

• cave: (Latin) beware!

• din: a loud noise → the Viconian thunder referred to in the next line?

• caved-in earthworks

• wight: person

• earthquake: this phrase refers to Earth, the first of the four Classical Elements; the following three phrases refer to the three other elements
• The Harrowing of Hell: in certain Catholic/Christian traditions, after crucifixion, Jesus went to hell to redeem Abraham, Adam, and other virtuous souls who died before the Son of God redeemed the sins of all men. In Dante"s Inferno an earthquake struck Hell just before Jesus entered. Who caved in earthwight? Jesus.