Middle English Dictionary Entry
pethen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | pethen v. |
| Etymology | From pith(e n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To give strength or courage.
Associated quotations
- a1500 Lydg.LOL (Adv 19.3.1)p.93 : It pethys fayre Ageynis wanhope and disperacyon..And who that maketh hys invocacion To thys name..Hit gyveth hym strenth; hit gevyth hym sykernes.