Middle English Dictionary Entry
knotten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | knotten v. P.ppl. i)knotted, cnotted, icnottet, cnotte, icnotten. |
| Etymology | From knotte n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Of a vine: to grow or develop sections between nodes or joints.
Associated quotations
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)3.82 : This mene [vine] effloureth sone & knotteth clene And smale, ek greyneth lite [L internodiis minoribus et grano breuiore].
2.
Ppl. knotted: (a) tied in knots, full of hard knots; (b) tied together; of pearls: strung; (c) of a tree: full of knots, knotty; (d) of a cutting to be planted: having buds or eyes; of a plant stem: marked by prominent nodes, knobby; (e) of flesh: full of pathological lumps or swellings; (f) ?scurfy, mangy; ?pimply.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1137 : Me dide cnotted strenges abuton here hæued, & uurythen to ð[at] it gæde to þe hærnes.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)1540 : Þe king..Het..beaten hire bare flesch & hire freoliche bodi mit cnottede [Tit: cnotte] schurgen.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)214/16 : Sum wummon inohreaðe wereð þe brech of here ful wel icnottet [Tit: icnotten; Nero: iknotted], þe streapeles dun to þe vet ilacet ful feaste.
- a1275 Louerd asse þu ard (Trin-C B.14.39)288 : Þe heþene woulues abuten him þronken, ond cnottede þonkes al heo hine sunken.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)25542 : Suet iesu..Sufferd a-bute þi hert..Wit knotted skurges hard and lang, Dintes sare and smert.
- a1425 Medit.Pass.(1) (Arun 507)112 : How þai betid him with knottid scourgis.
b
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)130/27 : He hath abouten his nekke ccc perles oryent, gode & grete & knotted [F bien grosses et nodez] as Pater Nostres here of Amber.
c
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)280 : Knobbyd, or knottyd, as trees: Vertiginosus, verticosus.
d
- c1400 Daniel *Herbal (Arun 42)f.50r : Some seyn þat þe grete genycle, þe grete knewort, is an erbe þat groweþ mykel in cornys of lene grownde .., The stalk mykel lik a wyþer leg & knotted mykel lyk a kne, stalk menely smal & hard.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)4.557 : They [fig tree cuttings] that stonde Iknotted scars lackith fertilite.
e
- (1451) Capgr.St.Gilb.(Add 36704)127/10 : The þrote and eke the hed of a-noþir man..was so risyn and bolned with seknesse whech þei clepe þe swynesye, and eke so greuously knottid, þat viij dayes continuely he was compelled..to kepe his bed.
f
- a1500 PParv.(Add 37789)437 : Row, sharp, and knottyd: Scaber [?read: Saber].
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)5/33 : To bete hym wyth whippys knottyt wyth lede.
Note: Additional quote(s)
Note: of a scourge having lead tied on for 2.(a)