Middle English Dictionary Entry
patheren v.
Entry Info
Forms | patheren v. Also peatheren, potheren, putheren, pitheren. |
Etymology | ?OE; also cp. MDu. poderen & MnE dial. pother v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To stir or poke ashes.
Associated quotations
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)110/25 : Þe ȝiscere is his eskibah, feareð abuten esken, & bisiliche stureð him to rukelin to gederes muchele & monie ruken; blaweð þrin & blent him seolf, peaðereð [Nero: paðereð; Tit: puðeres; Cai: paþered; Pep: poþereþ; Vrn: piþeriþ] & makeð þrin figures of augrim.