Middle English Dictionary Entry
dīten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | dīten v. |
| Etymology | OF dit(i)er |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. endīten.
1.
(a) To write or compose (a letter, poem, etc.); (b) to say or declare; (c) to order or prescribe (sth.); (d) law to indict.
Associated quotations
a
- ?c1335 Heil seint Michel (Hrl 913)p.157 : Worþ hit wer, þat he wer king Þat ditid þis trie þing.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)123 : Dytyn or indytyn letters and speche: Dicto.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1841 : To þe..þus dite I my lettir.
- a1500 Wars Alex.(Dub 213)2005 : To Darius..he ditez suche a pistyll.
b
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)21a/a : Dictito: ofte dyte.
c
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)42b/a : Lamfranc to þis diteþ [L dictat] anoþer pocioun.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)3462 : Aȝt daies all bedene he dites in his pistill, For reuerence of Rosan to revell & halowe.
d
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)123 : Dytyn or indytyn for trespace: Indicto.