Middle English Dictionary Entry
chaft n.
Entry Info
| Forms | chaft n. |
| Etymology | ON; cp. OI kjapt-r (akin to ME chavel) . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)1073 : Wit þe chafte ban [Göt: cheke bon] of a ded has..slan he was.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)7510 : I..scok þam be þe berdes sua þat i þair chafftes [Frf: chauelis] raue in tua.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)142/16 : Þis nedder..mouez þe ouer chaft and noȝt þe neder.
- c1440(a1400) Awntyrs Arth.(Thrn)132 : How hir cholle chatirede, hyr chaftis [IrBl: schaft] and hir chynne!
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)4797 : So voidis doun þe vemon [!] be vermyns schaftis.
b
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)8b/a : Of þe swellynge and wexynge grete of þe chaftes [*Ch.(1): amigdalez; L amigdalarum].
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)22b : A chafte: maxilla, mala, faux, mandibula, mola.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)117a/b : Þe forþer teeþ of þe neþer chafte passen þe toþer teeþ and ben vnder sette to þe forþer teeþ of þe chaptes.
Note: New form: Pl. chaptes.
Note: Quot. belongs to sense (a).
Note: This quot. has been taken back to books.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)117a/b : **Þe neþer chafte sum tyme is dislocate where fore þe mouþe leneþ open.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)117b/a : Þu schalt meue þe chafte þat is dislocate forþewarde strongelie towarde þi self & vppewarde also, but not dunwarde.
Note: Additional quots. for sense (a).
Note: These quots. have been taken back to books.
Note: Add collocation and gloss to sense (a): nethere (over) ~, lower (upper) jaw.
Note: The list of variant spellings in the form section is incomplete and needs revision to accord with standards of later volumes of the MED. Provisional revised form section (including supplement form): Also chafte, schaft; pl. chaftes, etc. & chafftes & chaptes.--notes per MLL
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note:
Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. chaft.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense (a)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. chaft bone.