Middle English Dictionary Entry
gēten v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | gēten v.(2) Also getten, geiten, gæten, geaten. Forms: p. gette, geit; ppl. get, gette, gate. |
| Etymology | ON; cp. OI gæta. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To watch over (sb. or sth.), take care of, protect; guide (sb.), rule; tend (sheep); (b) refl. to protect oneself, be on guard; (c) ~ fro, to preserve (sb.) from (sth.); ~ for, be on guard against (sth.); (d) to defend (a castle, gate, ship, etc.); save (someone's life); (e) to observe (a rule), keep (a church feast).
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)2079 : Forr ȝho wass wiþþ an haliȝ mann Weddedd, forr þatt he shollde Wel gætenn hire & hire child, & fosstenn hemm & fedenn.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)3765 : Hise shep..sholldenn habbenn oferr hemm Bisscopess..Forr þatt teȝȝ sholldenn hirdess ben To ȝemenn hemm & gætenn.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)8886 : Bilæf he þær well lannge Wiþþ hise frend, tatt haffdenn himm To ȝemenn & to gætenn.
- a1250 Ancr.(Tit D.18:EETSAS)3/34 : Lokes þat te parlurs clað beo on eauer euch half faste & wel jtachet, & geateð [Corp-C: witeð] wel þer owre ehne.
- c1300 Evang.(Dlw 22)429 : Godis folc þou schalt gete [vr. geet], Ant þeim teche þeire sinnis bete.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)2762 : To þe quen he sende him..And Bad she sholde don him gete, And þat non ne sholde him bete, Ne shame do, for he was knith.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)2960 : He..bad..his iustise Þat he sholde on ilke wise Denemark yeme and gete so Þat no pleynte come him to.
- a1350 St.Alex.(1) (LdMisc 108)50/282 : I schal preye..for þi sone þat is awey, þat Iesu crist him þe [Vrn: crist him] gete.
- c1390 Mannyng HS, Mir.CC (Vrn)275 : A Parisch-prest was in a Toun..Two he hedde forte gete þat nolde neuere synne lete.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)7055 : Achialon..þair leder was..He has þat folk ten winter gett.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)7503 : Apon a dai mi scep i gette; A bere, a leon, bath i mete.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)19503 : Als godd wald, nan o þam he slogh, For godd him geit [Frf: gette; Göt gert; Trin-C: kepte]..Vn-wemmed his hend in sacles blod.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)23878 : Thoru hirdes þat þe lauerd has sett, þat he will þat his folk be gett [vrr. gette, get].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)28279 : Quare i was scheperd..To reckelesly i geit my schepe.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)11746 : Lo, of gold & of good here a gret nowmber..The god, þat þou geetis, gyf me þer-ffore.
b
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)8389 : [The Queen:] i haue me gett [Trin-C: kept] þat neuer oþer es wit me mett [Trin-C: slept].
- c1440(a1400) Awntyrs Arth.(Thrn)283 : Gete the [IrBl: Gete the wele], sir Gawayne!
- c1440(a1400) Awntyrs Arth.(Thrn)298 : Gette þe, Sir Gawayne..For in a slake þou salle be slayne.
c
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2407 : Þat god for his grete miȝt schuld gete him fro harm.
- a1400(c1300) NHom.(1) Gosp.(Phys-E)p.23 : Bot werdes haht and hey tures Getes thir cite men fra stures.
- a1425(c1333-52) Minot Poems (Glb E.9)6/36 : He had his will at Berwik..Skottes broght him þe kayes, bot get for þaire gile.
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)23/26 : Lauerd, for yure pite ye gete vs fra sinne.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)2113 : Our goddes with grace get vs þerfro!
d
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2755 : Hym gayneth neither, for to gete [vrr. kepe, haue] his lyf, Vomyt vpward ne dounward laxatyf.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)997 : An angel has þe yatte to geite [Göt: gete] Wit suerd in hand.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)9879 : A castell bath god and gett, Strenthed well and semili sett.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)648 : Loke wel þat þy schip be get; Lat non come vnder þy telde, [etc.].
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)566 : Sir, wete ye not the wochis þat this wethir ȝemes?..it is gate with a gode & no gome ellis.
- c1475(?c1425) Avow.Arth.(Tay 9:French&Hale)925 : He gafe me a castell to gete, With all þe lordschippus grete.
e
- a1400(c1300) NHom.(1) Monk fr.Death (Phys-E)p.32 : That was the reuel of sain benet, That ic hiht to hald and get.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)28261 : Þe festes þat in kyrk ar sette, Ic haue þam soth ful iuel gette.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1425(a1400) Wycl.Pseudo-F.(Dub 245)319 : And crist gederede tuelue apostlis, þerfore antecrist shal gedre moo; god reyneþ in þis ordre, þerfore antecrist shulde ȝette in wallis.
Note: priv. ?geten v.(2) 'watch over, rule'; ǧetten v. 'strut, swagger'
Note: priv. Gloss: ȝette (319) = ?boast
Note: priv. ?Isn't this 'yet' rather than 'get' or 'Jet'?