Middle English Dictionary Entry
hache n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | hache n.(1) |
| Etymology | OF, from Gmc. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A battle-ax; ~ daneis, a Danish ax; (b) an ax, ?a hatchet.
Associated quotations
a
- (1322) Doc.in HMC Var.Col.7334 : j arcus Sarseneys..ij hachez Daneys.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)1701 : A geant ys maked briggeward..Wyþ an hache an honde heuy & hard þe brigge ay kepeþ hee.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)4517 : Agolafre com forþ wiþ ys hache.
- c1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)503 : He hedde an hache vppon heiȝ wiþ a gret halue.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.32 : Þer he slouh Colibrant with hache Daneis.
b
- (1368) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.92 : [In the kitchen:..2 iron] hokes, [2] coloundours [of] latoun, [one large] hache.