Middle English Dictionary Entry
tassen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | tassen v. |
| Etymology | OF tasser; also cp. ML tassāre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To heap (sth.), pile, stack; also, fig. heap (many a blow upon someone's body); ~ with, burden (sb.) with (sth.), encumber.
Associated quotations
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.4484 : Salomon..With fleisshly lustes was..tassed.
- a1400-a1500 Rich.(b-version:Brunner)p.343 : Bacon, carcois, and veneson Oure Cristene hadde so gret foison That ther was nother more ne lasse That wiste where hure good to tasse.
- c1400 Femina (Trin-C B.14.40)30 : In þe graunge ȝoure cornes moweþ, Wyþoute þe grange ȝour cornes tasseþ.
- c1450(a1375) Octav.(2) (Clg A.2)695 : I woll vpon þy body tasse Well many a dent.