Middle English Dictionary Entry
shā̆k(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | shā̆k(e n. Also shakke, (in cpd.) shac-. |
| Etymology | From shāken v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A sudden movement, rush; an attack; a gret (noble) ~, god ~, etc., quickly, in a hurry; (b) grain fallen from the head of a cereal plant used to feed livestock; ~ corn; ~ forke, a kind of pitchfork used to shake grain from straw; ~ time, the time of year after harvest when animals were turned loose to graze in grainfields; ~ trei, a trough used to feed fallen grain to animals.
Associated quotations
a
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)2663 : Euerech haþ slawe..an c with-oute mo, So þat þe furste schak was ouercome of hure enymys.
- c1390(c1350) NHom.(2) PSanct.(Vrn)84/72 : Aftur þei schoken a ful gret schak, To proude pilate þei gon pas, To heroude þei runne on rak.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)232 : Away she roode from hym good shak, And þouȝth she wolde hym yhere Whan she was of leysere.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)1648 : He saw hem come be-hynde his bak Afftir him a wel gode schak.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1759 : The Bretons..With trompes..trine and trappede stedes, With cornettes and clarions and clergiall notes, Schokkes in with a schakke and schontez no langere.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)694/31 : So aftir that sir Dynadan departed, and rode his way a grete shake untyll he had overtakyn sir Trystram.
- a1475 In place (Hrl 3954)47 : Þe iewys wroutyn hym wo & warke [read: wrake]; Hee ledyn hym forth a gret shake Aforn busshop Cayfas.
- c1500(?c1450) Wedding Gawain (Rwl C.86)440 : The kyng rode forthe a greatt shake, As fast as he myghte gate.
- -?-(?a1500) Hunt.Hare (Adv 19.3.1)96 : Thei buskyd hom blythe to beytt that hare, Into the feld thei conon fare; Thei wente a nobull schakke.
b
- (1313) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99200 : Item, 8 rastra cum schakforkes, pr. 12 d.
- (1319) Doc.Manor in MP 3452 : j quartarius et dimidius de schak diuersorum bladorum.
- (1341) Doc.Manor in MP 3452 : Shaccorn.
- (1356) Doc.Manor in MP 3452 : Shakcorn.
- (1369) Doc.Manor in MP 3455 : Shactrays.
- (1446) Invent.Lytham in Chet.n.s.6081 : iij seckes, iij Shakeforkes, viij bordes.
- (1465) Paston (EETS)1.129 : He fond the shepherdes hyre in shakke tyme for my fold.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)111b : A Schakforke: Pastinatum.