"et" meaning in Middle English

See et in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɛ̝ːt/ (note: from Old English ǣt), /eːt/ (note: from Old English ēt) Forms: eet [alternative]
Head templates: {{head|enm|verb form}} et
  1. first/third-person singular past of eten (“to eat”) Tags: first-person, form-of, past, singular, third-person Form of: eten (extra: to eat)
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  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 45 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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        {
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          "english": "But that food the cleric couldn't really manage, / so he ate more expensive food: mortrews and pottages.",
          "ref": "c. 1390, [William Langland], “Paſſus quıntus de vıſıone vt supͣ”, in Peres plouhman (X, C-text), southwest Worcestershire, published c. 1395, folio 64, verso; republished as MS. HM 143, San Marino, CA: Huntingdon Digital Library, p. 2011:",
          "text": "Ac of this mete þat mayſt[er] / myhte nat weˡ̭ chewe / Foꝛthy eet he mete of moꝛe coſt / moꝛtrewes and potages",
          "translation": "But that food the cleric couldn't really manage, / so he ate more expensive food: mortrews and pottages.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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          "extra": "to eat",
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        }
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  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/ɛ̝ːt/",
      "note": "from Old English ǣt"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eːt/",
      "note": "from Old English ēt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "et"
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "Middle English first/third-person singular past forms",
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          "english": "But that food the cleric couldn't really manage, / so he ate more expensive food: mortrews and pottages.",
          "ref": "c. 1390, [William Langland], “Paſſus quıntus de vıſıone vt supͣ”, in Peres plouhman (X, C-text), southwest Worcestershire, published c. 1395, folio 64, verso; republished as MS. HM 143, San Marino, CA: Huntingdon Digital Library, p. 2011:",
          "text": "Ac of this mete þat mayſt[er] / myhte nat weˡ̭ chewe / Foꝛthy eet he mete of moꝛe coſt / moꝛtrewes and potages",
          "translation": "But that food the cleric couldn't really manage, / so he ate more expensive food: mortrews and pottages.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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          "extra": "to eat",
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        }
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      "note": "from Old English ǣt"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eːt/",
      "note": "from Old English ēt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "et"
}

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