Middle English Dictionary Entry
fēte n.
Entry Info
| Forms | fēte n. |
| Etymology | Late OF. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. feste.
1.
A celebration; maken ~, to feast.
Associated quotations
- (1422) Reg.Spofford in Cant.Yk.S.2381 : Comyn wakes or fetes, spectacles and other worldly vanytees.
- a1425(?c1375) NHom.(3) Leg.(Hrl 4196)21/81 : [The lion] rafe him sunder ilk lim fro lim..He made gude fete, And of þe remenand hundes ete.