Middle English Dictionary Entry
lō̆tten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | lō̆tten v. |
| Etymology | From lō̆t n.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To allot (sb.) a share; (b) to pay the municipal taxes; scotting and lotting, paying one's due municipal taxes, bearing one's share of civic duties.
Associated quotations
a
- c1425 Bible SNT(1) (Cmb Dd.12.39)Deeds 1.17 : Iudas..þo whiche was noumburde in vs..ande he es lotted [L sortitus est] in þo lote of þis priuete.
b
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)141 : They that ben burgeysys of the toun with ynne, lottyng and skottyng, moun distreynen her tenauntz.
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)153 : Ȝif ony that be resceyved burgeys..wil nott been lottyng and scottyng, ne helpyng to the toun as a burgeys oweth to been, thanne be his fraunchise..repelyd.
2.
To chose by lot; -- with clause as object.
Associated quotations
- c1483(?a1450) OT in Caxton Gold.Leg.(Caxton:EETS)94/221 (f.65ra) : 'Stande euerich in his tribe and we shal lote who shal be our kyng' -- and the lotte fylle on the tribe of Beniamyn, and in that trybe .. vpon Saul the sone of Cys.