Middle English Dictionary Entry
patī̆fe adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | patī̆fe adj. Also pati, patẹ̄. |
| Etymology | From OF paté adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
= patente adj. 2. (b); cros ~, a cross patée [cp. OF croiz paté].
Associated quotations
- 1486 ?Berners Bk.St.Albans (Blades 1881)her.leaf c ii/b : He berith Sable a cros paty of Siluer [L patentem; F patee].
- 1486 ?Berners Bk.St.Albans (Blades 1881)her.leaf c ii/b : This cros patent is made dyuerse in the foote..And then hit is calde a cros patee fixible.
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)p.193 : There he..slewe Dardan..The kynges sonne of Denmarke..And all his hoste that was full malicyous, By vertue of the crosse patyfe [vr. patife and] precyous, for which alwaye in hys banner Of azuer whole the crosse of golde he bear.