Middle English Dictionary Entry
darten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | darten v. Forms: p. darte; ppl. darted. |
| Etymology | From dart noun. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To pierce with, or as with, a dart; (b) ppl. armed with dartes; (c) to implant or plant (vines).
Associated quotations
a
- c1390 Disp.Virg.& Cross (Vrn)356 : Wiþ duntes he was to deþe i-do; Vp-on a tre his bodi was soyled..and darted.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.4140 : Raþer late Deth with his spere darte Þoruȝ myn hert..þan fro my knyȝt to twynne!
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.240 : Right as the wylde bole bygynneth sprynge..idarted to the herte.
b
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)598 : The men of armys, none Vnharneysed; the footmen euerychone Bowed, tacled, darted.
c
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)3.1132 : Vngreyned grape..Now soft in lond wel moyst they most be darted [L ponendum].
2.
Of grief, love: to pierce or wound the heart.
Associated quotations
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.3699 : Euer he neieth to hir ner and nere, I-darted þoruȝ with hir eyen tweyne.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.3842 : Til cruelly þou madest vs departe, Whiche þoruȝ myn hert so inwardly darte [etc.].
- c1450(?c1408) Lydg.RS (Frf 16)6878 : Whan her husbondes be departed, With wo they be throgh-out ydarted.
- c1450 When the son (Frf 16)400 : The wert vppon the lytel papilet..Made of cristal..And maydens blode..To dart a young wyght, soore to wounde.