Middle English Dictionary Entry
spāte n.(1)
Entry Info
Forms | spāte n.(1) |
Etymology | Cp. MnE dial. (chiefly N & Scot.) spate. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A flood.
Associated quotations
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)381/28 : Þe watur þat wald [read: was] cald Padus rase vp opon a grete spate and owryode all þe feldis.