Middle English Dictionary Entry
truken v.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | truken v.(1) Also trukkin, -on, (early) trukie(n, troch(i)en. |
| Etymology | OF troquier, trochier & ML trocāre; for forms in -u- cp. AF truck barter. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To carry on trade, exchange goods, barter; ~ ivele, make a bad bargain;—used in fig. context; (b) to give up (Christ as a spouse for a mortal man, Christ's love for worldly love), barter away.
Associated quotations
a
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)77/20 : Men beoð wode þe trochið [Cleo: trochieð] swa uuele.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)503 : Trukkon [Win: Trukkyn], roryn, or chaungyn: Cambio, campso.
b
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)6/51 : Nis ha þenne sarilich..akeast..þe..schal lihte se lahe into a monnes þeawdom..trukien for a mon of lam þe heouenliche lauerd.
- ?c1225 Ancr.(Cleo C.6)299/14 : Vndeore he makeð god..þe for ei worldlich luue his luue trukeð [Nero: trukie; Tit: manges].