Middle English Dictionary Entry
maunǧen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | maunǧen v. P.ppl. ma(u)nged, imaunget. |
| Etymology | OF mangier |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To eat.
Associated quotations
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)7.242 : Þei han mangid [vr. Imaunget; B: maunged; C: manged] ouer muche, þat makiþ hem grone ofte.
- a1450(a1387) PPl.A(2) (RwlPoet 137)12.72 : 'I haue a gret boyste..of broke bred'..Than maunged [vr. maungyd] I..at þe fulle.