Middle English Dictionary Entry
piot n.
Entry Info
| Forms | piot n. |
| Etymology | OF pïot |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A magpie; fig. a chattering woman; (b) as place name [see Smith PNElem.2.65].
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1289 Ancr.(Cleo C.6)71/3 : Me seið up on ancre þet [e]uch an mest haueð an old quene to feden hire earen, þet maðeleð alle þe tale þe me telleð ilonde, An kikelot [glossed:] piot.
b
- (1382) in Mawer PNNhb.& Dur.161 : Piotland.