Middle English Dictionary Entry
skeuen v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | skeuen v.(2) Ppl. skeuing, squeuing. |
| Etymology | ONF eskieuer, eskiu(w)er, vars. of OF eschiver; cp. ME escheuen v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To escape; (b) to run obliquely or at an angle; skeuing to, ?slanting across (the forehead).
Associated quotations
a
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1562 : Is none so skathlye may skape, ne skewe fro his handez.
b
- (1457-8) *Plea & Mem.R.Lond.GildhA 81.7 : From the other length of iiij xx x fote by þe said wey from London wall aforsaid square southward..and also skewing oute of þe said square estward by the seid London wall.
- a1500 Lyell SSecr.(Lyell 36)92/27 : Squewyng [L iminentes; Ashmole: Heres depressed, to moch shewyng to þe forhede, it sheweth hym to be declyned to a ferse or bestiall witte].