Middle English Dictionary Entry
trētīs adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | trētīs adj. Also tretise, tretez, treti, treitis. |
| Etymology | OF traitiz, tretiz, tretis, AF treitiz. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Of the face or nose: slender, graceful, well formed; (b) of a bow: well proportioned.
Associated quotations
a
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)5883 : Hure vysage was fair & tretys, Hure body iantil and pure fetys.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.152 : Hir nose tretys [vrr. tretez, tretise; streyht], hir eyen greye as glas.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)1016 : Hir chere was..As whyte as lylye or Rose in Rys, Hir face gentyl and tretys.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)1216 : Hir nose was wrought at poynt devys, For it was gentyl and tretys.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)7362 : He had a lange trety face, A thyn berde, of stature faire; Him semed to be a kynges ayre.
b
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)932 : That other bowe was of a plant..Ful euene and by proporcioun Treitys and long [F longuet], of ful good fasoun.