Middle English Dictionary Entry
platten v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | platten v.(2) P. plat(te. |
| Etymology | OF platir & aplatir. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Of a person: to fall down; refl. prostrate oneself, bow down; of a metal: become flat; (b) to flatten (a metal) by beating; (c) ?to press (sth.), squeeze.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)7115 : Wawain ȝaue Oriens swiche a flat, Boþe on helme and ysen hat, Þat he to grounde plat þere Also he stef and standed were.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)5.45 : Pernel proud herte plat [vr. fel plat; C vr. flatte] hire to þe erþe And lay longe er heo lokide vp & 'lord mercy' criede.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)292/5 : Plextis for no plasis, but platte you to þis playne.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)218 : Whan þe womman was war..To seint Peter þe pope, ȝo platte to þe grounde.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)134 : The more men smyten it, the lasse it platteth [F aplatist], and the more men heten it, the hardere it waxeth.
b
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)184 : With the tonges j take it and platte it [F l'aplatis] and strecche it.
c
- ?c1425 Arun.Cook.Recipes (Arun 334)466 : Take gees scalded and plat hom.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Trin-C.R.14.44 Artist.Recipes (Trin-C R.14.44) 291/21 : Than þe most have redy .j. li. or .ij. of fyne flockys..and se that..they be clene and drye, and euen forthewith as afte as þe haue plattyd your molde with your matyrs with your ploppe all hote unto þe cloth, so forthewith evyn aftyr doo straue your flokeys uppon the hote materys.
Note: Additional quote, ?sense (c), or ?modify sense. Cf. plat, v.2, sense 2. 'to spread or press flat or even'.