Middle English Dictionary Entry
erten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | erten v. |
| Etymology | Cp. OI erta tease, taunt. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To incite, taunt, or provoke (someone); (b) to urge on or admonish (someone); (c) to tend or lead (to a certain end); to hasten (to an end); (d) to drive (into exile).
Associated quotations
a
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)142 : Ertyn: Irrito.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)489 : Tenyn, or wrethyn, or ertyn: Irrito.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)2409 : Of þe eging of Eschilus þat ertid his feris, Þat þai with-sitt suld his saȝes & serue noȝt his pistill.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)4857 : We haue ournyt hym with angur, ertid hym mykill.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)5602 : What dede haue we don..But ertid our Enmys, & angert hom noght.
b
- a1400(c1300) NHom.(1) Magd.(Phys-E)19 : To lef our sin he [Christ] us ertes.
- a1400(c1300) NHom.(1) Gosp.(Phys-E)5 : That thai mai her and hald in hert Thinge that thaim til god mai ert.
c
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)264 : He ertid to an end egurly fast.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)2725 : Envy, þat Euermore ertis to skathe.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)2942 : Soche Riot & Revell so ryuely to haunt..ertes ay to euyll ende.
d
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)12326 : How to bryng hit aboute..To ert hym on exile euer of the londe.