Middle English Dictionary Entry
wē̆t-shọ̄̆d adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | wē̆t-shọ̄̆d adj. Also wetshoede, wadshod, whetshod, (error) weteshul. |
| Etymology | From wē̆t adj. & shọ̄̆d, p.ppl. of shọ̄n v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Having wet feet or shoes, wet-footed; gon (gangen, wenden) ~, to go with wet feet or shoes.
Associated quotations
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)14.161 : Beggeres aboute Midsomer bredlees thei soupe, And ȝit is wynter for hem worse, for wete-shodde [C: whet-shood; vrr. wete shul, watschood, wetshod] thei gange.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)18.1 : Wolleward and wete-schoed [C vrr. watschoed, wadsshod] went I forth after.
- c1425(?a1400) Arthur (Lngl 55)469 : Many a man þere lost hys lyf…Þere men were wetschoede Alle of Brayn & of blode.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)172/29 : A preste þat hight Stephan on a tyme was wate-shodd.
- c1450 Treat.Fish.(Yale 171)141/4 : Yn þe mornyng he walket yn the dew; he goyth also wetschode and soyr a-colde to dyner by the morow.
- c1475 Gregory's Chron.(Eg 1995)207 : The kyngys galentys at Ludlowe…hadde drokyn i-nowe of wyne that was in tavernys…they fulle ungoodely smote owte the heddys of the pypys and hoggys hedys of wyne, that men went wete-schode in wyne.