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▪ I. † fet, v. Obs. exc. dial. Forms: 1 fetian, fetiᵹ(e)an, 3–6 fett(e, fete, 3 south. vette, 3–5 fott(e, fot(e, 4–5 fatte, (4 fat, 5 fautt, feytte), 3–7 fet, 9 dial. fot. pa. tense 1 fetode, 1–6 fette, 2 fætte, fatte, featte, south. vatte, vætte, vette, 3–4 fotte, 4–7 fet. pa. pple. 1 fetod, feotod, 4–6 fett(e, 3–5 fott, 4–5 fotte, 4 fate, 6 fatt, 4–7, 9 dial. fet. [OE. fetian (also ᵹefetian), a verb app. of the Teut. -êjan class. Its affinities are obscure; possibly it is related by ablaut to OE. fæt step, fæt vessel, OHG. faz̧z̧ôn (MHG. faz̧z̧en, mod.G. fassen) to grasp, seize. See fetch v. After the OE. period chiefly used in the pa. tense and pa. pple.; hence the normal form fete of the present-stem was from an early date commonly replaced by fet, fett(e, by assimilation to the more frequent forms.] A synonym of fetch in various senses. 1. = fetch v. 1. a. with obj. a person; = fetch v. 1 a.
Beowulf 2625 Wæs to bure Beowulf fetod. a1000Cædmon's Gen. 2666 (Gr.) He..heht him fetiᵹean to sprecan sine. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 61 Ure louerd ihesu criste fette adam ut of helle. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 9218 Þe bissop vette Alisandre of lincolne. a1300Cursor M. 14965 (Gött.) Gas fet hir me. c1314Guy Warw. (A.) 4872 Fete hir to me. c1325Coer de L. 105 The kyng..bad That his doughter were forth fette. c1386Chaucer Sompn. T. 451 Forth he goth..And fat his felaw. c1420Chron. Vilod. 1931 Hurre soule was fate to heuene wt angels fre. c1440York Myst. xx. 226 Go furthe and fette youre sone. 1519Four Elem. in Hazl. Dodsley I. 43, I will go fet hither a company. 1548Hall Chron. (1809) 665 A farre frend is not sone fet. 1568Grafton Chron. II. 194 The sayd Piers was fet home againe. 1611Bible 2 Sam. xi. 27 Dauid sent, and fet her to his house. 1613Wither Abuses Stript ii. i. Juven. (1633) 127 Till death doth fet yee. b. with a thing as obj.; = fetch v. 1 b.
c1250Gen. & Ex. 2744 He comen water to feten. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 3073 Geans wule vette Þulke stones vor medicine. a1300Cursor M. 12310 (Gött.) Water fra þe welle to fott. c1374Chaucer Troylus v. 852 The wyn men forth hym fette. c1400Mandeville (1839) iv. 32 Men comen fro fer..for to fetten of that gravelle. c1440Gesta Rom. lxv. 282 (Harl. MS.) He went home, and fette a long rope. 1521Bury Wills (1850) 124 For fettyng hom of lede..from Berwill xvjđ. a1553Udall Royster D. iv. viii. (Arb.) 76 Shall I go fet our goose? 1560Becon New Catech. Wks. 1844 II. 304 Jehu..caused..all the images to be fet out of the temple of Baal. 1577tr. Bullinger's Decades (1592) 287 Let a little water be fett. 1628Wither Brit. Rememb. i. 349 Nought But what was fet farre off. 1865Harland Lanc. Lyrics 76 He said he'd fot it every neet. 1876Oxfordsh. Gloss. s.v. Fet, I ha' bin an' fot a bit a coal. 2. = fetch v. 2.
a1000Prov. (Kemble) 61 (Bosw.) ælc ydel fet unhælo. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) I. 173 Þei..fette to hem grete strengþe. c1420Pallad. on Husb. iv. 192 Therof [water] uppe wol be fette By rootes. 1559Ludlow Churchw. Acc. (Camden) 94 For my charges goinge to Herforde fatt be a sitacion. 1602Warner Alb. Eng. ix. li. (1612) 230 This Spanish Inquisition is a Trappe, so slyelie set, as into it Wise, Godly, Rich, by Blanchers bace are fet. 3. = fetch v. 5.
c1175Lamb. Hom. 83 He uatte þet he nes and nawiht ne lefde of þet he wes. c1205Lay. 29673 Moni mon þer uætte hele. a1225Leg. Kath. 2499, I þe munt of Synai þer Moyses fatte þe lahe at ure lauerd. c1275Lay. 6460 Þe king..toward þan deore Þare he deaþ featte. c1340Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 451 To þe grene chapel þou chose, I charge þe to fotte, Such a dunt as þou hatz dalt. c1420Chron. Vilod. 2346 Crokette & maymotte fatton þere hurre hele. 1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) I. 319 Þere [Colchos] Iason fette þe golden flees. a1450in Eng. Gilds (1870) 447 At qwat place the bretheren..shul fetten her wax. c1460Towneley Myst. 17 Thus am I comen bofettes to fott. 4. = fetch v. 6, 6 b, c.
a1300Cursor M. 36 (Cott.) He fettes fro þe rote his kynd. 1393Gower Conf. I. 44 Wherof the worlde ensample fette May after this. c1430Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 20 To se their kyng..From two trewes trewly fet the lyne. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 206 b, Thou shalt..fette..thy confort of his blessed deth and passion. 1547J. Harrison Exhort. Scottes 212 To fet our examples not out of straunge countreys. 1588Fraunce Lawiers Log. i. i. 4 b, An argument is either inhærent or fet elsewhere. 5. = fetch v. 7.
1556J. Heywood Spider & F. xiii. 1 The flie..fet such a persing sigh. 1642H. More Song of Soul i. iii. lxvii, These two old ones their last gasp had fet. 6. = fetch v. 9.
1297R. Glouc. (1724) 437, & verrore her wey uette To þe kynges owe ost of France. c1425Seven Sag. (Percy Soc.) 957 The bore..bygan tothes to wette, And to the tre byre he fette. 1470–85Malory Arthur x. ii, He..fette his cours..hurlynge vpon sir palomydes. 1583Golding Calvin on Deut. xi. 61 After the people had fet a windlasse and trayled about the mountaine Seir. 1651Fuller's Abel Rediv., Tailor 177 He leap't, and fet a frisk, or two. 7. = fetch v. 10 a.
a1547Surrey Aeneid ii. 35 They..with that winde had fet the land of Grece. 1563Mirr. Mag. Induct. lxxi, In a while we fet the shore. 8. Idiomatically combined with advbs.: see fetch v. II. to fet again: to restore to consciousness. to fet in: to take in a supply of. to fet off: to ‘pick off’, kill.
a1553Udall Royster D. iii. iii. (Arb.) 46, I will rubbe your temples, and fette you againe. 1602Sir H. Dockwra Let. in Moryson Itin. ii. iii. i. 259, I..fet in turffe..for fewell. 1603Knolles Hist. Turks (1621) 416 None..could stirre within shot, but he was forthwith fet off. Ibid. 582 In danger to be fet off with shot. 1635N. R. Camden's Hist. Eliz. iii. xxviii. 285 Cuba..where they fet in fresh..water. ▪ II. fet obs. form of fat. |