Middle English Dictionary Entry
perden v.
Entry Info
| Forms | perden v. Impv. perdi. |
| Etymology | OF perdre & L perdere. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
?To lose (an office).
Associated quotations
- a1400 Cato(3) (Frf 14)306 : Þe mare þou art of prise and gracious to office, serue þou mare tentli, þat þou ne be calde vn-wise in skorne; tint offise, or office perdi.