Middle English Dictionary Entry
moitẹ̄ n.
Entry Info
| Forms | moitẹ̄ n. Also moitie. |
| Etymology | OF moitie |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. mediete.
1.
A half; in moitees two, in two halves.
Associated quotations
- (1444) RParl.5.69b : One moyte of the saide xvme and xme..to be paied to youe, Soveraigne Lord, atte the Fest of Saint Martyn in Wynter..and that other half therof..to be paied atte the Fest of Seint Martyn in Wynter than next folowyng.
- a1500 Partenay (Trin-C R.3.17)5936 : Thys monstre with teeth the swerd ther taking, In moitees to Forthwith it breking.
- -?-(a1450) Chron.Repton71 : Ranulphe..gave unto Wyllm ferrers, erle of derbie in Kinge Johns tyme, the moytie, or one half, of the said hundred of Repingdon in marryage wythe Agnes his syster.