Middle English Dictionary Entry
patere(n v.
Entry Info
| Forms | patere(n v. Also pater, patre(n, & (surname) patter. |
| Etymology | From pater n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To say the paternoster; pray; mutter prayers rapidly and insincerely; ?~ in pater-noster, repeat the paternoster; ~ in preieres, say (one's) prayers, pray; (b) to chatter.
Associated quotations
a
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)163 : Lat vs make some manere myrth or play..It is no disport so to patere and seie; It wol make ȝoure lippes wonder dreye.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)6794 : I..have wel lever..Bifore the puple patre and preye, And wrie me in my foxerie Under a cope of papelardie.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)7241 : Whom shulden folk worshipen so But us, that stynten never mo To patren while that folk may us see, Though it not so bihynde hem be.
- c1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) (Hnt HM 147)233/14 : Seynt Austen seiþ, 'What is it worþ to moue and to patere wiþ þe lippes, whan þe herte is al y-hid?'
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)1672 : He saw him wende in to þe water, Nakyd, and þar in stande and pater In his prayers, vp to þe chinne.
- c1600(?c1395) PPl.Creed (Trin-C R.3.15)6 : All myn A b c after haue y lerned, And patres [?read: patred] in my pater-noster iche poynt after oþer.
b
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)357/266 : We, harke, he jangelis like a jay..Me thynke he patris like a py.