Middle English Dictionary Entry
hachet n.
Entry Info
| Forms | hachet n. Also hachette, hacchet, acchet. |
| Etymology | OF hachete |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A small ax, a hatchet; (b) a battle-ax; (c) hongen up ~, to hang up one's hatchet, stop what one is doing; (d) ?as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- (1324) *Doc.Shipyard [OD col.] (Add 17364) : Hachett.
- (1324) in Sundby Dial.Wor.55 : Unum mattokum, unum hachette, et unum billum.
- (1357-8) Sacrist R.Ely 2181 : In j hachet, j hok, et j maliol de nouo factis de ferro.
- (1410) Will York in Sur.Soc.4549 : De ij wodax, j hachet, et ij wegys de ferro.
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)654/21 : Hec securicula: hachytt.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)126/24 : Men hewen the trees with an hachet [Eg: hacchet] all aboute the fote of the tree till þat the bark be perced in many parties.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)220 : Hachet, or hakchyp: Securicula.
- (1441) Indent.Oxf.in RS 50.2525 : Item, ane hachat..iii d.
- (1452-4) Grocer Lond.(Kingdon)339/25 : For j hachette and j shofle.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)59a : A hachett: Ascia, Asciola, Ascis, Asciculus, securis, securula.
- a1500 Hrl.1002 Gloss.(Hrl 1002)628 : Securis, ascia: axe, hachet.
b
- c1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)532 : He hente vp his hachet and huttes him euene, Al to-hurles þe helm and þe hed vnder.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)3.304 : Alle þat bereth baslarde, brode swerde, or launce, Axe [other] hachet [C: acchett] or eny wepne ellis.
c
- a1350(1307) Execution Fraser (Hrl 2253)231 : Tprot, scot, for þi strif! hang vp þyn hachet ant þi knyf, whil him lasteþ þe lyf wiþ þe longe shonkes.
- (c1422) Hoccl.Dial.(Dur-U Cosin V.3.9)736 : Hange vp his hachet & sette him adoun.
- c1450 How mankinde dooþ (Lamb 853)346 : Quod ȝouthe to age..'Hange up þin hachet & take þi reste.'
d
- (1166) in Pipe R.Soc.942 : Gaufridus Hachet.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (1400) Will York in Sur.Soc.4265 : Lego Thomæ famulo meo unum burdhax, unum wyrkynghaget
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