Middle English Dictionary Entry
hachẹ̄ n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | hachẹ̄ n.(2) Also hacche. |
| Etymology | OF hasch(i)ee, hachïe. Quots. SLeg.Mich., Guy(1), & WPal. under āche n.(1) probably belong here. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Pain, torment, or anguish.
Associated quotations
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)847 : Sum hard hacche has he had, & hider come to pleiȝe.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1575 : William a stounde stinte stille..of alle his harde haches heled atte best.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)15759 : Þe ffeuere agu ful sore hym hatte..he et hit [roasted thigh] ilk a del, And passed wel þo þat hache; So swete a mete neuer or et he.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)33 : Ye shulden breke al and brose bi smale gobbettes and parties in grete syhinges and grete hachees [F hachieez] in thinkinge.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.28rb (2.2) : If þou wil weten in what houre..'crisis' schal be, stodie and wete in what houre cam þe firste acces, i. þe firste hache of þe febre, i. when þe febre firste turmentede him.
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.118vb (3.20) : 'Ypostasis' os bren & colour os attri & quytter & þerwiþ helþe in þe reyns & in þe vesie: harde hacches and stronge peyn and trauaile with þe febre.
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