Middle English Dictionary Entry
dushen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | dushen v. |
| Etymology | ?Cp. OE dwǣscan extinguish, destroy. Phonologically, vocalization of w to u and a stress shift from ǣ to u must be assumed. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. dashen.
1.
(a) To deliver violent blows, strike; (b) to fall heavily, crash down; (c) to push or knock (sb.) down; ~ doun, fling (sth.) down; (d) to proceed swiftly, rush.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)5614 : Wiþ launce & wiþ sword Þai dusched & hewen on þe bord.
b
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)5153 : Þe walles..al to-crusschede Oueral þar þe stones dusschede, coming with vigour.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)4776 : The tore walles All dusshet into the diche.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)5786 : The dede, vnder dynttes, dusshit to ground.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)6410 : He..Slit hym..Þat he dusshet, of þe dynt, dede to þe ground.
c
- a1400 Ancr.Recl.(Pep 2498)52/4 : A man com to hym wiþ a Bygyrdel fol of siluer, & dussched it doun vpon hym.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)481/36 : Þei dusshed hym, þei dasshed hym.
d
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1538 : Such a dasande drede dusched to his hert, Þat al falewed his face.