† ˈdetty, a. Obs.
[a. OF. deté, detté, f. dete: L. type *dēbitātus, f. dēbita debt.]
1. Owed, due.
| 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) V. 7 To ȝelde nouȝt what is detty [quod debetur]. Ibid. VI. 225 Þe detty travaylle of service and of psalmes [debitum psalmodiæ pensum.] 1483 Caxton Gold. Leg. 392 b/2 Detty trauayle of seruise. |
2. Indebted.
| 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xv. lvii. (1495) 509 She shewyth herselfe detty to wise men and vnwise. |