Middle English Dictionary Entry
lenchen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | lenchen v. |
| Etymology | ?Cp. OE gehlenced?'bent, twisted' & MHG lenken 'to bow, bend'. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
?To stoop with age.
Associated quotations
- ?c1335 Elde makiþ me (Hrl 913)p.171 : I lench, i len, on lyme i lasse..i palle, i passe, As galliþ gome igeld.