Middle English Dictionary Entry
crē̆sten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | crē̆sten v. |
| Etymology | OF crester |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To provide (sth.) with a crest; furnish (a wall) with a ridge or top of stonework; (b) ppl. crested, having a crest; of walls or towers: having a stone top or ridge; of a dragon skin: having bony ridges; of a basket: ?covered, ?decorated with a heraldic crest.
Associated quotations
a
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)102 : Crestyn [Win: Creestyn], or a-rayyn wythe a creste: Cristo.
- (1448) in Willis & C.Cambridge 1370 : And the seid wal to be crested and embatelled and fortified with toures.
b
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)4541 : He was þanne to-be-toȝe, body & heued y-same, With an hard crested serpentis fel, On which non eged tol ne may..entame.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)4145 : Til it be brouht to destruccioun, wallys, tourres, Crestyd and batailled, And for werre strongly apparaylled.
- (c1430) Mem.Bk.York in Sur.Soc.120194 : Item, pro xij paribus de quarterdware or crested hottes, x d.
- a1450 For lac (Tan 346)10 : I se high toures, Walles of stone, crested and bataylled.
- c1450(?c1408) Lydg.RS (Frf 16)3621 : Thou shalt syrenes sen, Crestyd as a gret Dragon.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (1439) Doc.in Dugdale Monasticon 4554 : We ordene…that there be made a hache of conabyll heythe, crestyd withe pykys of herne, tofore the entre of yowre kechyne that noo straunge pepille may entre withe certeyne cleketts.
Note: Belongs to sense (b).
Note: Gloss: of a door or gate: topped or adorned (with iron spikes).--notes per MLL