Middle English Dictionary Entry
fọ̄ten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | fọ̄ten v. |
| Etymology | From fọ̄t . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To walk or travel on foot; (b) to dance; also, to execute the steps of (a dance).
Associated quotations
a
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)6 : Whan he hath vncoupled..he haþ ynowe to doon to ryde or foot wel wiþ his houndes.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)105 : Rout to þe houndes right as it is said atte fyndyng and folowe after, and foot who foot may.
b
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)2323 : For if he can wel foote and daunce, It may hym greetly do avaunce.
- a1450(?c1430) Lydg.DM(1) (Hnt EL 26.A.13)195 : Dethe hathe yn erthe no ladi ne maiestresse, And on his daunce ȝitte moste I nedes fote.
- a1500(c1435) ?Lydg.DM(2) (Lnsd 699)61/434 : Gentil menstral, shewe [me] now thi witt, How thou canst pleye or foote ariht this daunce.
2.
To make a footing or foundation (for a house).
Associated quotations
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.318 : If hit be ragge or roche, on hit thow foote [L gloss: fundes] In depth a foote or too; but uppon clay If thow wilt bilde, another is tharay.