Middle English Dictionary Entry
splenten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | splenten v. P.ppl. splented(e, splinted. |
| Etymology | From splent(e n.; cp. AL splentāre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
a.
Surg. To fit (a fractured limb) with a splint; (b) ben splented, to be plated or adorned (with silver strips).
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)99a/b : Þai bynd it aboue and splenteþ it, And on ych wise is perile, for in slepyng þe membre myȝt be wraisted.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)99b/b : Be it not bounden ne splented bot to sustene þe membre and to hold þe medicynez vn to þai be cesed.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)100b/b : It is better þat..þe fracture be euened with þe handez & be bounden & splynted with 5 or 6 splyntez.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)198 : Mak þer of a playster & ley to þe leg & splente hyt ageyn.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)88a/b : Þe membre schal be strictoried and splentid wiþ wikettis.
b
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)3264 : The spekes was splentide all with speltis of siluer.