Middle English Dictionary Entry
quashen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | quashen v. Also quash, quasse(n, quace, whace, cwesse, queisse. Forms: p. quashede, quash(e)te, quassed, quaste; ppl. i)quashed, iquaished, quassed, quaste & (?error) whrassid. |
| Etymology | L quassāre & OF quasser, quesser, quaissier; in ML quassāre was often used for cassāre to quash, annul. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. cassen v.
1.
(a) To smash (sth.), crush, shatter, break, or bruise; (b) to suppress (sth.), overcome, abate; (c) to nullify (sth.), veto, annul, quash; reject (sb.), disqualify; ~ doun; (d) to tremble, shake.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)4.439 : Þe secounde wal was i-quasched [vr. yquaysched; Higd.(2): destroyede and broken downe; L Quassato].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)51a/b : Causez of recent woundez..ar bred..fro withoutforþ for to perse or for to quasse or brisse [L cessare, read: cassare].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)72a/a : It bihoueþ for to kut away þat is quasshed [Ch.(2): bresed; L conquassatum].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)73b/b : The nose somtyme is wonded, somtyme broken, somtyme brissed and quassed [Ch.(2): frusshede; L quassatur].
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)52 : Brosyn or qwaschyn: Briso, quasso.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)419 : Quaschyd: Quassatus.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)3389 : Abowte scho [Fortune] whirles the whele and whirles me vndire, Till all my qwarters þat whille whare qwaste al to peces.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)6041 : Þe whele faltird in his clathes..And kest him..vndir; he was whrassid [?read: quassid] all in sondir.
- a1500 Discip.Cler.(Wor F.172)68 : A brage..alsodainly..seemed to be quasshed and broken.
b
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1388 : Wummon is of nesche flesche, An flesches lustes is strong to cwesse [Jes-O: queysse].
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)2054 : Encense was offride..stenche of stabul forto qvace.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)5021 : In somer we fasten forto qvace colre that then aboundaunt is.
c
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.209 : To þe pape of Rome þei mostred þer resoun, þe pape at his dome þer elites quassed doun.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.209 : Þe pape wild not consent; he quassed þer elite.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.217 : Whan þe kyng of France had knowen certeynly þat þe purueiance disherite kyng Henry, He quassed it ilk dele þorgh jugement.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)44 : Michel it displeseth hire [nature] that ye quassen [F quasses] thus hire ordinaunces.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)3907 : Sexagesme wel ordeynt was first in recompensacioun of fastyng þat popes conen whace by gode deliberacioun.
d
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)21.64 : The erthe quook and quashte [vrr. quashete, quaste, quasschede; quakede, quoke, quok] as hit quyke were.