Middle English Dictionary Entry
bolten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | bolten v. |
| Etymology | From bolt . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To fetter (sb.); (b) ~ up, to emerge (suddenly).
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)138 : If he be blynde, broke-legged, or bolted with yrnes, He shal ete whete bred and drynke with my-selue, Tyl god..amendement hym sende.
b
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)16b : To Bolt vp: Emergere.