Middle English Dictionary Entry
clotten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | clotten v. Also cloten. |
| Etymology | From clot . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To break up clods, harrow a field; clotting mal, a maul for breaking up clods; (b) ppl. clotted (blood).
Associated quotations
a
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)45a/b : Occo: to clot.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)26a : To Clott: Occare..A Clottyng melle [vr. malle]: Occatorium.
b
- c1440 Chaucer CT.Kn.(Cmb Ii.3.26)2745 : Cloted [crit. ed.: Encreeseth at his herte moore and moore The clothered blood].