Middle English Dictionary Entry
paket n.
Entry Info
| Forms | paket n. Also pakat, pachet, pekette. |
| Etymology | OF pacquet, from Gmc. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. pak(e n.
1.
(a) A little package, packet; (b) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- [ -?-(1463) Black Bk.Admir.(Vsp B.22)277 : Robbes, joyaulx, pacquetz, bouges, bagues. ]
- ?a1450 Add.Mir.Virg.(Add 39996)364/41 : Into a pekette trewly He toke þe siluer ech a penye And seled hit in her alres sight.
- c1460 Chaucer CT.Sum.(RwlPoet 149)D.1776 : Pakat [Heng: He..leyde adoun his potente and his hat].
b
- (1176) in Pipe R.Soc.2534 : Walterus Paket.
- (1231) Close R.Hen.III558 : Willelmi Pachet.
- (1296-7) Acc.Cornw.in RHS ser.3.6617 : Et de 6 d. de Ricardo Paket pro recepta.