Middle English Dictionary Entry
tachen v.(3)
Entry Info
| Forms | tachen v.(3) P.ppl. tac(c)hed, tacchidde, tec(c)hid, tetched & (errors) techeth, tochyd. |
| Etymology | OF tachier, techier to spot, stain; cp. ME tach(e n.(3). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. entechen v.
1.
(a) Ppl. tached, of a particular disposition, condition, or manner; also, well dispositioned [quot. ?c1450, 1st]; ivele tached; wel tached; (b) ben tached, of a city: to be tainted (by complaining).
Associated quotations
a
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)521 : Wel tetchyd [Win: tochyd] or inqveryd [KC: well condiciond or maneryd]: Morosus, vel bene morigeratus.
- a1475(1450) Scrope DSP (Bod 943)6/12 : When a king is eville condicioned and tacchid, that is no bettir to him that is not knowen with him thann to him that is a grete maister in his hous.
- c1450 Capgr.St.Kath.(Arun 396)2.494 : Hys puple shal be nys And eke euel tetched; the power is not his To amende allone al that is a-mys.
- c1450 Lydg.FP (Ryl Eng 2)8.906 : Tecchid [Bod: Next tofor Bochas cam..A man disposid to riot & outrage, Euele entechchid, froward, vicious].
- c1450 Metham Days Moon (Gar 141)151/28 : A man-chyld that ys born that day schuld be dysposyd to be evyl tecchyd and to be angry and vycyus.
- ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)17/11 : There is no beauute nor nobelnesse that is pere to good maneres, techeth [?read: teched] and ferme in behauing and countenaunce.
- ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)18/31 : All gentilwomen..ought to be goodli, meke, wele tached, ferme in estate, behauing, and maners.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)116/1 : He þat hauys a lityll fface..ys wycked and euyl-techyd, deceyuant and dronkelew.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)88 : He hath a wif that is a gode woman and a wise, and the trewest of this londe and beste tacched of alle gode condiciouns.
- a1500 Bod.EMisc.Lapid.(BodEMisc e.558)27/130 : He þat berith the vnycle & the sardony and the calcedoyne makeþ a man well tacchidde.
b
- a1500 Chartier Quad.(2) (Rwl A.338)202/17 : Euery man knowith wele that the cite, which aboue all othir hath be tachid [F a este tachee] with murmur and with disobeisaunce, hath swolowid vp all that money that thou hast spokin of hertofore.