Middle English Dictionary Entry
platten v.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | platten v.(1) Also plette; p. plat(te, plette; ppl. plat. |
| Etymology | OE plættan |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To hasten, rush; also, attack; him platte, hit platte, he hastened; ~ ayen, rush upon (sb.), attack; comen platting, come in haste; (b) to strike (sb. or sth.), chop; ~ doun (adoun), knock (sb.) down; ~ of, chop off (somebody's head or hand).
Associated quotations
a
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)2282 : Of hem ne wolde neuere on dwelle, Þat he ne come sone plattinde.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)2613 : To armes al so swiþe plette Þat þei wore on a litel stunde Grethet.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)9913 : Arthour..on hem plat And euerich a paien to deþ flat.
- c1390 NHom.Narrat.(Vrn)32.289/37 : Touward þe Borwh he hit plette, And wel sone þe kyng he mette.
- a1425 NHom.in NM 73 (Ashm 42)p.203 : Him plette.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)19876 : Qwen he with his sex thousand men Was so þe space of miles ten ffra þe cite with sege vmsette, Ner it certes þan he ne plette.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)22682 : Sum with þar captifes þai sette, And sum againe þar famen plette.
b
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)2444 : He sholde of his hend plette.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)2626 : With þe swerd..his heued of he plette.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1265 : Nabuzardan..Pulden prestes bi þe polle and plat of her hedes.
- c1400 PPl.C (Vsp B.16)19.34 : Platte [Hnt: with þe ferste plaunke ich palle hym doune, potenciadei-patris].
- c1400 PPl.C (Vsp B.16)19.50 : Platte [Hnt: Thenne palle ich adowne þe pouke with þe þridde shoryere].