Middle English Dictionary Entry
tọ̄̆tāken v.
Entry Info
| Forms | tọ̄̆tāken v. |
| Etymology | From tāken v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To come to (a place); (b) to commit oneself to (a way of life, etc.).
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)2832 : No dwellyng here þat ȝe make Til ȝe þe ȝondir feld to take.
b
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)13/24 : Who so fro a liȝt reule turneþ to haue an heuy, fro a softe to an hard..hym is nede to haue wel to kepe þat lijf þat he hym to takeþ.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)21/13 : Þei haue þis world forsaken & here propre wille onely for þe loue of God, þat þai hem to take.