Middle English Dictionary Entry
āken v.
Entry Info
| Forms | āken v. Also eken. Forms: ppl. āking, ākinde, ēkinde; p. ọ̄k, họ̄ck, wọ̄k, eok, ākide. |
| Etymology | OE acan, ōc. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. ache (1).
1.
To ache, be painful: (a) of parts of the body; (b) of a wound or sore; -- also with personal obj., esp. in early ME; (c) in proverbs.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)109.83/1 : Gif man his liðu acen.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)110.83/5 : Gif mannes midhrif ace.
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)7/26 : To þan mann þæt hys heafod æcþ..Nim senepsæd [etc.].
- a1200(?OE) Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)207 : Þenne akeð his heorte and smerteð for his sinnes.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)6707 : His hæhued oc sæ sweðen [Otho: hock so swiþe].
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)91/28 : His heaued him acþh, ðe eiene him trukieð.
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)28/456 : Þine banes akeð þe.
- c1225 St.Juliana (Roy 17.A.27)349 : Him eoc [Bod: wrong] euch neil.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)97b : Se sar akinde [Nero: ekinde; Pep: akeande] heaued..Betere is finger offe, þen he ake [Nero: eke] eauer.
- c1300 SLeg.And.(Hrl 2277)66 : Þat him oke ech bon.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)1/21 : For wanne man drawiþ in-to oldeward, Wel ofte his bones akeþ.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)51 : Þet heaued me akþ.
- (c1390) Chart.Abbey HG (LdMisc 210)346 : I haue..cried aftir hem, þat my chaules aken.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2113 : Myne erys aken [vr. eke] of thy drasty speche.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)17.194 : Þough alle my fyngres oke.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.1561 : Al nyght..hath reyn so do me wake, That som of us..hire hedes ake.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)107b/b : Al wery walkyng..hurteþ iuncturose i. akyng men.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)139b/a : Anoynt þe akyng toþ with wyne.
- c1425 Glo.Chron.A (Hrl 201:Wright)36 : Þat hech lyme hym oke.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)27.91 : His Reynes Oken, his Ribbes they gnowe.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)3731 : Bot his hedde woke so sore y-wys.
b
- a1300 Serm.Liþer lok (Trin-C B.1.45)105 : Þe manie oþere bittere pines & te sore akinde wondis.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.592 : His woundes..for to hele of her akyng sore.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.3188 : His sore gan so ake and greve.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)7a/b : An akynge and apostomed vlcer.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.157 : He [a bee] stingeþ bitterly..it akeþ feruently.
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)26/15 : Ȝyf a wounde akyþ. Take nepte..and hit schal do away þe ache.
c
- a1350 Prov.Hend.(Hrl 2253)93 : Tel þou neuer þy fo þat þy fot akeþ.
- c1475 Rwl.Prov.(Rwl D.328)p.123 : Euer my tong þer my toth akythe. Semper cum dente remanebit lingua dolente.
2.
(a) Without subj.: hire ok, she felt pain; (b) in Lat. constr.
Associated quotations
a
- a1200 Trin.Hom.Creed (Trin-C B.14.52)21 : Þo ðe time cam swo þat hire ne oc ne ne smeart.
b
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 370)4 Kings 4.19 : Myn heued I aake [L caput meum doleo].
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)3 Kings 15.23 : In the tyme of his eelde he akide the feet [WB(2): hadde ache in feet; L doluit pedes].
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)179 : Hire ne dide noðer ne oc, ne smeart, þo þe hie bar ure louerd ihesu crist.
Note: New spelling
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)271a/a : His bytynge peyneþ and akeþ as þe styngynge of waspes.
Note: New sense