Middle English Dictionary Entry
shirten v.(1)
Entry Info
Forms | shirten v.(1) Also sherten; p.ppl. shorted. |
Etymology | From shirt(e n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Associated quotations
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)10a/a : Birratus: shorted or grete cloþed.
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)17/494 : The wofulle lijf vnto yow to biwray Which shertith me more nerre than doth my skyn.