Middle English Dictionary Entry
daggen v.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | daggen v.(1) Ppl. dagged. |
| Etymology | From dagge (1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To ornament the edges of a garment with points or incisions.
Associated quotations
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.421 : If..they wolde yeuen swich..dagged clothynge to the pouere folk, it is nat conuenient to were for hir estaat.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)20.142 : Þanne lowgh lyf and leet dagge his clothes.
- ?a1425(a1400) Brut-1377 (Corp-C 174)297/2 : Schorte cloþis & stret-wasted, dagged & ket.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)9/15 : Men seyden hir ful mech velany, for sche weryd gold pypys on hir hevyd & hir hodys wyth þe typettys were daggyd.
- (c1438) MKempe B (Add 61823)223/32 : A-for-tyme hys clothys wer al daggyd & hys langage al uanyte.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)111 : Daggyde: Fractillosus.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)112 : Daggyn: Fractillo.
- a1450 The tixt of holy writ (Dgb 102)137 : She repreueþ my dagged cloþes And longe pyked crakowed shon.
- c1460 My fayr lady (Hrl 2255)p.201 : She weryth a daggyd hood of grene.
- a1500 O fresch floure (RwlPoet 36)45 : With dagged hood leyd on pancake wyse..and al your nyce aray, Treuly, me semyth ye ar a louely may!