Middle English Dictionary Entry
prinken v.
Entry Info
| Forms | prinken v. P. prinkid & princte, prengte, preinkte, preinte, prent & prentede. |
| Etymology | From prinke n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To signal with the eye, wink; ~ on (toward, upon), wink at (sb.); (b) to wink (one's eye).
Associated quotations
a
- c1330 SMChron.(Auch)2212 : King jon..Hede put out his on eyȝe, For he no schuld no more prinke No wiþ at oþer eyȝe winke.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)1238 : Sche preynte with hure eȝe oppon hur chamberere.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)1365 : Florippe stod vp & preynte þenne to-ward hure Chamberlayn.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)13.112 : Þanne conscience curteisliche a contenaunce he made, And preynte [vrr. prentede, prynkid; C vr. prengte] vpon pacience to preie me to be stille.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)18.21 : 'Is Piers in þis place?' quod I, & he preynte [vrr. prent; twynclid; C: preynkte; vr. princte] on me.
b
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)4507 : With þat Richard preynte ys eȝe Oppon ys feleschip þat was him neȝe, Hure purpos to by-gynne.