Middle English Dictionary Entry
platten v.(3)
Entry Info
| Forms | platten v.(3) |
| Etymology | From plat adj.; meaning influenced by pleiten v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To plait; plait (sth.), weave, braid; also fig.; also, fold (sth.).
Associated quotations
- ?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)516 : Feire he platte his her wiþ a selkene streng.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ex.39.3 : He cutt..golden peesis, & he made hem into þredis þat þei myȝt ben plattid [WB(2): foldid aȝen; L torqueri] with þe wefte of þe raþer colours.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Judg.16.13 : If..sefne heris of my heued wiþ warpþreed þou plattist [L plexueris] & a nayl wiþ þem abowtyn boundyn to þe erþe þou ficchest, I schal ben feble.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Judith 10.3 : She platte [WB(2): schedide; L discriminavit] þe her of hir heued & putte a mytre vp on hir heued.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Is.19.9 : Confoundid shul ben þat wroȝten flax, plattinge & weuyng [vr. plattende and weuende; WB(2): foldynge and ordeynynge; L pectentes et texentes] sotile thingis.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)16a/b : Complico: to platte togedre.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)45a/b : Octuplo: platte viij folde.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)50b/a : Plexus: folden or plattud.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)54a/b : Quadruplico: platte foure folde.
- c1450 Metham Physiog.(Gar 141)123/3 : A forhed..ful off lesys lyche platyd cloth, sygnyfyith onwysdam and foltyschnes.
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)283 : To Plate: implicare, intricare. Plattyd: jmplicatus, jntricatus.