Middle English Dictionary Entry
scottlinge ger.
Entry Info
Forms | scottlinge ger. |
Etymology | ?From scut n.(1); cp. MnE scuttle to run with quick, hurried steps. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Moving one's feet quickly, scampering.
Associated quotations
- c1475 Mankind (Folg V.a.354)89 : 'Go to! for I haue hade a praty scottlynge'..'Nay, brother, I wyll not daunce.'