foot vb. (the use of “ it”=‘dance’ Tp. I. ii. 379 “ it featly here and there,” has been much imitated by later writers; 4 said of birds of prey, esp. hawks, in 16-17th cent.)
1.
intr. to go on foot, walk
Wiv. II. i. 124
“thieves do by
night”
; trans. to tread
Lr. III. iv. 123
“Swithold f-ed thrice
the old”
(=wold).
2.
pass. to be settled
or established
H5 II. iv. 143
“he is f-ed in this land
already,”
Lr. III. vii. 45; to be
landed Lr. III. iii. 14 (Qq
“landed”).
3.
to kick Mer.V. I. iii. 119,
Cym. III. v. 149.
4.
to clutch
Cym. V. iv. 116
“the holy eagle Stoop'd,
as to foot us.”
