oaten

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From Middle English oten, *aten (“oaten”); equivalent to oat + -en. Cognate with Scots aiten (“oaten”).

Here I find four oaten cakes and a cold knuckle of ham. — The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, Howard Pyle
Give her a drink of milk and a bit of the oaten cake. — The Unicorn from the Stars and Other Plays, W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
Supper consisted of boiled skate--a fish Cyril had never tasted before--oaten bread, and beer. — When London Burned : a Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire, G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

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