Middle English Dictionary Entry
takken v.
Entry Info
| Forms | takken v. Also tak(ke, take; p.ppl. takked, tacked(e, tacte. |
| Etymology | From tak n.(1); cp. AL taccāre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. tachen v.(1).
1.
(a) To attach (sth. to sth.); also, nail (Christ) to the cross; ppl. takked, attached, secured; nailed; (b) to sew or stitch (sth.) together; close (a wound) with stitching; (c) ppl. takked, of persons: agreed, united; also, of an ailment or symptom: combined with another.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)3.173 : Þis Cambises..made men stripe of þe skyn of a iuge, for he hadde i-ȝeue a false dome..and takkede [L circumponi] þe skyn aboute þe chayer.
- c1400 Brut-1333 (Rwl B.171)103/5 : Kyng Alurede hade þat boke in his warde and..lete hit faste bene tackede to a piler, þat men myȝt hit nouȝt remeve.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)485 : Takkyn, or festyn to-gedur: Affixulo.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)12.269 : A pece Of Red Silk he..kutte there-offe two peces Anon..Wher-offen A Crois he made In that plas And takked it vppon the kynges scheld.
- a1450 Parton.(1) (UC C.188)8425 : She made to hym bryng A geten gold..And nayles of gold hit for to takk [vr. takke] Vpon a grete spere peynted blak.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)288/491 : I haue do made redy his cros..And thre nayles to takke hym with.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)297/754 : Lo, fela, here A lythe takkyd on A tre.
- a1500 Partenay (Trin-C R.3.17)4802 : Well bounde and tacked to that carte was he.
b
- (1433) RParl.4.451b : Yat no persone makyng soche manere Cloth and doseins..ye same Clothes or doseins ne shall nat takke ne plyte, afore the awnour have duely made his serche.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)485 : Takkyn, or some what sowyn to-gedur: Sutulo, consutulo, consuo.
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)60/4 : Eche stede of þe body þer þe wounde be, and he be brod, þou hyre most sue and take with knottys.
c
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)8194 : I wole..that we vs reste, Then may we be bothe tacte & preste Aȝeyns the terme the trewe comes out.
- a1475 *Hrl.Diseases Hawk A (Hrl 2340)25b : Be wele war yf ony of þes iij euyllis be tackyd in þi hawke and þer apon þat sche be a nosyld..sche wyll dye with in schorte tyme.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1400 Trin-C O.9.39 Recipes (Trin-C O.9.39) 42/19 : Take and sette þy skyn vpon a harrowe..and takke hit wel on þat harowe and faste with a gode stronge pak þred.
- ?a1350 Recipe Painting(1) in Clarke Lymmyng (Hrl 2253) 230/15 : Tac þi seluerfoyl ant ley þeron..and with an hare tayl þac hit to.
Note: Additional quots, prob. sense (a). Clarke specifies: "takke v. imp. 'tack (sew temporarily in place)'." And: "þac v. trans. imp. 'stick, fix to an adhesive'." New spelling = þac.