outtaken
English edit
Verb edit
outtaken
Middle English edit
Preposition edit
outtaken
- except; save
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Man of Law's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 276-280:
- [...] ‘And ye, my moder, my soverayn plesance
Over alle thing, out-taken Crist on-lofte,
Custance, your child, hir recomandeth ofte
Un-to your grace, for I shal to Surryë,
Ne shal I never seen yow more with yë.’- [...] ‘And you, my mother, my greatest joy
Over all things, except Christ above,
Custance your child commends herself often
Unto your grace, for I must go to Syria,
Nor shall I never see you again with my eyes.’
- [...] ‘And you, my mother, my greatest joy
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Wyclif to this entry?)
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Man of Law's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 276-280:
References edit
- “outtaken”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.