Middle English Dictionary Entry
māken v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | māken v.(2) |
| Etymology | From māke n.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. macchen v.
1.
(a) To mate with (sb.), marry; --also refl.; ben maked to, be mated to (sb.); (b) intr.: to match something; ~ with, match (sth.).
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1300 Thrush & N.(Dgb 86)80 : Þe mest murþe þat mon haueþ here, Wenne hoe is maked to his fere.
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)90/2675 : They wol out resoun shoue And say how hit is most his bihoue, For his plesaunce sum fayre lady make.
- c1450 PPl.B (RwlPoet 38)9.173 : Make [Ld: Ac maydenes and maydenes, macche ȝow togideres].
- ?c1450 PPl.A(1) (Mrg M 818)10.199 : Makkyth..same [Trin-C: But maidenis & maidenis, macche ȝow ysamme].
b
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.1788 : Go, litel myn tragedye, Ther God thi makere..So sende myght to make in som comedye!
- (1463) Will Bury in Camd.4923 : I wille she haue..my flat pece enchased to make with a saltsaler of sylver.