Middle English Dictionary Entry
midlen v.
Entry Info
Forms | midlen v. |
Etymology | OE midlian |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To curb (vices).
Associated quotations
- c1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Dom.Quadr.(Bod 343)46/3 : Hieronimus cwæð þæt ðæt festen clænsæð þone lichame & midlæþ þa uncystæ.