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† meritot
A supposed variant of merrytotter, occurring as a corrupt reading in Chaucer, and hence in Blount and later Dictionaries.
14..Chaucer's Miller's T. (MS. Camb.) 584 Sum gay gerl god it wot Hath brouȝt ȝow þus vp on the merytot [other texts viritoot, vyritote, veritote, verytrot]. Hence1602Speght's Chaucer's Works (ed. 2) ibid. Merytote. 1656Blount Glossogr., Meritot, a sport used by children by swinging themselves in Bel-ropes, or such like, till they be giddy..Chauc. |