Middle English Dictionary Entry
atẹ̄n v.
Entry Info
| Forms | atẹ̄n v. Also ateon. Forms: p. ppl. atoȝen, atowen. |
| Etymology | OE ātēon; ātēah; ātogen. For sense 2 cp. L tractāre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. ten draw, go.
1.
(a) Draw, pull (sth., sb.); ~ in, inhale; ~ ut, draw out, extract; (b) withdraw, escape.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)81.24/1 : Rade sceal þeo seocnesse beon ut atoȝen þur micȝþan.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)94/11 : Nis þeo eorðung þe we ut blawæð & in ateoð ure sawle.
b
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)199 : Bute we þe warluker us bureȝen, ac þenne we ateð þat te iuele fondeð us.
2.
To treat (sb. wretchedly).
Associated quotations
- a1200(?OE) Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)205 : His holi lichame [was] tosprad and to-tuht and for ure gulten reuliche atoȝen.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)12096 : Þat weoren æi wimman Swa wræcchelichen atoȝene [Otho: a-towen].
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)24846 : Þer weoren men Romanisce reouliche atoȝene [Otho: vuele idihte].
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Two quots. found in the print MED under sense 1.(a), from c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343) 4/23 and c1175(?OE Bod.Hom.(Bod 343) 6/23, are now moved to upaten v., q.v., and with them the past form ateah.