Middle English Dictionary Entry
drīten v.
Entry Info
Forms | drīten v. Also dritt. |
Etymology | OE ge-drītan; cp. OI drīta. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
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Associated quotations
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)22398 : Sua sal he [anticrist] peris al beseeten [Frf: be-shetin], Bath wit driten [Frf: drede] and soru beten [Frf: bitin].
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)39a : To Drytt [Monson: Dryte]: Cacare, Egere [Monson: egerere].