Middle English Dictionary Entry
twakken v.
Entry Info
| Forms | twakken v. Also twake. |
| Etymology | Prob. from thakken v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To hit (sb. with sth.); also, pat (sb.), stroke.
Associated quotations
- c1425 Chaucer CT.Mil.(Petw 7)A.3304 : Whan Nicholas had don þus euery dele And twakked [Heng: thakked] her aboute þe lendes welle, He kisseþ her swete.
- c1500 Cleges (Ashm 61)358 : Speke to me..And grante me myn askyng Or with a staff I schall þe twake And bete þi ragges to þi bake.