Middle English Dictionary Entry
ratten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | ratten v. Also raten. |
| Etymology | ?From ratte n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
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Associated quotations
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)144 : How watz þou hardy þis hous for þyn unhap neȝe, In on so ratted a robe and rent at þe sydez?
- (1402) Topias (Dgb 41)p.110 : The releef of Cristis feeste ȝe renden and ratyn, that his alumners, the postlis, gaderid togidere, and delith it to dogges.