Middle English Dictionary Entry
flashen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | flashen v. Also flask(i)en, vlasken, fleshen. |
| Etymology | ?Cp. flashe; partly imitative, as splash, dash. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. flishen.
1.
(a) To sprinkle or splash (water on something); to sprinkle (powder on a wound); to gush forth; ~ upon, to dash or splash against (something); (b) of birds: to dart or flit; (c) to slash (something); (d) ~ in a fir, to burst into flame.
Associated quotations
a
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)85b : Ȝef hit dusteð swiðe, ha flaskeð [Nero: vlaskeð; Recl.: flasscheþ] weater & swopeð ut..ȝef dust of lihte þohtes windeð to swiðe up, flaski [Nero: flaskie; Recl.: flassheþ] teares on ham.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.369 : Wawes of þe see þat flascheþ and wascheþ vppon a rokke þat hatte Scylla.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)256/829 : Tak poudre..& flasshe it on the wound.
- a1475 Russell Bk.Nurt.(Hrl 4011)985 : Rynse hym with rose watur warme, & feire vppon hym flasche.
- a1500 Wars Alex.(Dub 213)1133 : With þat þe femand flode [of tears] flasshed in hys eghen.
b
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)926 : All þe feulez thare fleschez that flyez with wengez.
c
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)4237 : The felone with þe fyn swerde freschely he strykes, The felettes of þe ferrere syde he flassches in sondyre.
d
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)12498 : A thoner..þrublet in the skewes..All flasshet in a ffire the firmament ouer.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)3 Kings 5.18 : Þe kyng comawndide þat þei schulden taken þe grete stones..þe whiche þe masownys..han flascht [alt. to ouerscorchyd].
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