Middle English Dictionary Entry
leveret(te n.
Entry Info
Forms | leveret(te n. |
Etymology | AF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A young hare, leveret.
Associated quotations
- a1425 *York MGame [OD col.] (Dgb 182)14/199 : [Vsp: The hare abideþ..] if she haue felaushipe of an oþer, or of her kyndeles, or leuerettes [Vsp: len rettis], þei be v or vi.
- ?a1500 Trin-C.LEDict.Suppl.(Trin-C O.5.4)592/22 : Lepusculus: a leveret.