ethien - Middle English Compendium

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ēþian

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ẹ̄thien v.

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Forms	ẹ̄thien v.
Etymology	OE ēþian, ōþ-.

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

Note: Cp. ethem.

1.

To breathe.

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Associated quotations

c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)30/9 : Leowse þi fot þenne of mi necke..þet ich eðie [Roy: eði] mahe.

Supplemental Materials (draft)

?a1350 Recipe Painting(1) in Archaeol.J.1 (Hrl 2253)65 : Ȝef hit is i-druyet to druye, ethe thereuppon with thi breth, ant hit wol moysten aȝeyn, ant thenne hit wol chachen the foyle fast and strike wel the betere.

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Note: Gloss: To exhale puffs of breath through the mouth (on sth. to moisten it), huff.

Note: Clarke includes the text in his The Crafte of Lymmyng (EETS OS 347, 2016), 230/13, and glosses simply 'breathe'.

Note: Provisional form section for entry: Also ethe, (early) eði(e.--notes per MLL