Middle English Dictionary Entry
chaunten v.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | chaunten v.(1) |
| Etymology | OF cha(u)nter |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To sing, esp. sing ardently; (b) to sing an accompaniment to a plainsong, descant.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3367 : What, Alison, herestow noght Absolon, That chaunteth thus vnder oure boures wal?
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.1850 : The slakke skyn aboute his nekke shaketh Whil that he song, so chaunteth he and craketh.
b
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)6598 : I schal the teche for to chaunte, I schal the teche bothe burdoun and mene.
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)99/9 : Þis is þe lufe þat criste rauyschis in-to our hertis..þat with-in to songe of louynge we byrst vp, & als wer chauntand we synge.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)71 : Chawnton: Discanto, organiso.