Middle English Dictionary Entry
ǧetten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | ǧetten v. Also ietten, jetten. |
| Etymology | OF jeten, geten, throw, cast, etc. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Of persons: to behave or dress ostentatiously; strut, swagger; be pompous, be foppish; ?also, to gesticulate; (b) of pearl: to be showy.
Associated quotations
a
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)192 : Gettyn: Verno, lassivo, gesticulo, gestio, gesticulor.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)258 : Iettyn: Verno [Win: verno, Imaginor].
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)428 : Þogh he iette forth a-mong þe prees, And ouer loke euerey pore wight, His cofre and eke his purs ben penylees.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)747 : In werldly wele my wytte I welde; In joye I jette with juelys jentyll.
- c1450 ABCArist.(Lamb 853)p.261 : H, to hasti ne to hardi..I, to iettynge, ne to iangelinge, ne iape not to ofte.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)134/23 : Guenelete..made grete ioye and grete feste of the daunses and getted [F deuisoit] at the table.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)8.149 : The seide William wente iettynge [Trev.: wente wiþ greet boost and array; L pompatice procedebat] in the stretes, and moche peple drawynge to hym.
- a1500 Aboue all thing (Roy 17.B.47)p.261 : In kynges corte, wher money dothe route, Yt makyth the galandes to jett; And for to were gorgeouse ther gere, Ther cappes awry to sett.
b
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)4444 : Þan ȝe couett & craue castels & rewmes..Iaspre, Iuwels & gemmes & Iettand perle; And all sall leue ȝow at þe laste.