Middle English Dictionary Entry
laien v.
Entry Info
| Forms | laien v. |
| Etymology | Shortened form of alaien. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To dilute (wine); cook. ~ with, augment (a dish) by mixing in (another ingredient).
Associated quotations
- (a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)p.24 : Set it ouere the fyre and couere in fast; make a layour of brede and blode and lay it þerwith.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)4460 : Men laye [vr. allaye] wynys whan they be to strong.