Middle English Dictionary Entry
flekked ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | flekked ppl. |
| Etymology | Cp. MDu. vlecke & OI flekkr spot. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Spotted, variegated; checkered.
Associated quotations
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.159 : Camelion is a flekked best in colour liche to a lupard.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.1848 : He was..ful of iargon as a flekked pye.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.CY.(Manly-Rickert)G.565 : He was of foom al flekked as a pye.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)14.138 : Wonderful foules With fleckede fetheres and of fele colours.
- c1460 My fayr lady (Hrl 2255)p.199 : The whyght flekkyd with the brown.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)48b : Flekked: Scutulatus.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)374/242 : His slefe must be flekyt..his gowne must be spekytt.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)160b/a : Take..bursa pastoris, orpin, souþistel wiþ white-flecked leues, sengrene, [etc.].
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