Middle English Dictionary Entry
ātīne n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ātīne n. Also aatine. |
| Etymology | OF aatine |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A joust answering a challenge.
Associated quotations
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)490 : We haue euell..spedde of the atynes that we haue vndirtake a-gein the Queenes knyghtes.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)497 : Ne neuer shull thei take turnoy ne Aatine, but we foure score shull turneyen a-geins vij score of the beste of hem..I shall neuer come..where ther is eny turnement or Aatine..but I shall greve hem at my power.