Middle English Dictionary Entry
fọ̄tlēs adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | fọ̄tlēs adj. Also fut-. |
| Etymology | From fọ̄t . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Without feet, footless; (b) with ~ avauntage, ? impartially.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)238a/a : Oyle sleeþ been and fotles bestes.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)303a/a : Among Wormes some beþ footeles, as addres & serpentes.
- a1456(a1449) Lydg.Friend AN (Ashm 59)109 : Peyse yee hem boþe with footeles avauntage.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)6475 : Mony woundis he wroght..Mony foteles freike of his fell dinttes.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)52b : Futlesse: jmpes.
b
- a1456(a1449) Lydg.Friend AN (Ashm 59)109 : Þat freonde þat doþe no gode, And þat enemye þat doþe me no damage..Peyse yee hem boþe with footeles avauntage.