Middle English Dictionary Entry
lasten v.(2)
Entry Info
Forms | lasten v.(2) P.ppl. laste. |
Etymology | OE gehlæstan |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To load (sb.); fig. fill (sb. with life).
Associated quotations
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)1146 : I loked among his meyny schene, How þay wyth lyf wern laste and lade.