(a) To sing, esp. expressing joy or merriment; also fig.; sing a lullaby; also, ?shout [quot.: c1384]; of a baby: gurgle happily; ppl. singinge, singing, producing song; (b) ~ at, to sing to (the accompaniment of an instrument); ~ at the ale, sing while drinking ale, sing in a tavern; ~ in, raise one's voice, or join voices, in (song); ~ of, sing about (sb. or sth.); ~ on, raise one's voice in (a song); also, sing in (Hebrew); (c) to sing (sth., a song, carol, etc.); also fig.; also, sing (a child) to sleep [quot.: a1500(c1400)]; (d) fig. to lament, cry out in pain; express (sorrow, pain), lament (misfortune, etc.); also, endure (sorrow, pain, etc.); (e) in proverbs and prov. expressions; ~ of haselwode, to talk nonsense.

(a) To chant or sing a psalm, funeral dirge, the Divine Office, etc.; ~ and (or) reden, reden and ~; ~ at dirige; ~ in herte, imagine a psalm, etc. being sung; ~ in psalmes (imnes, etc.); ~ of, sing or chant about (God); ~ on bokes, chant from service books; (b) to chant (divine service, a hymn, psalm, praise of God, etc.); iheren ~ and reden, hear sung and chanted (how sth. occurred); ~ in herte (thought), sing (a service, etc.) mentally; (c) to sing in praise of God; praise (God's mercy, goodness, name, etc.) in song; (d) to pray or give praise (to God, the Virgin Mary, etc.) in song, word, or thought; give (praise, worship, to God) in song; (e) to say (a prayer); also fig. [quot.: 1340].

(a) To celebrate mass, esp. for the dead; ~ of requiem; ben sungen in messes; bishopes sungen withouten stole, bishops without stoles sang requiems, i.e., soldiers slaughtered their enemies; (b) to celebrate (mass, a high mass, a mass for sb., a trental of masses, etc.); celebrate a mass on (a feast day); ~ a fol a messe, beguile or please a person by flattery; also, engage in a fruitless endeavor; ~ requiem [see requiem n.(a)].

(a) To chant or recite verse; ~ of, chant or recite verse about (sb. or sth.); (b) to relate (sth., a story, that sth. occurred) in song or verse; describe or express (sth.) in song or verse; recite (a poem, drama, etc.); celebrate (a triumph, someone's memory); -- also impers. [quot.: c1460]; ~ honour to, honor (sb.) in song or verse; ppl. sungen, celebrated in song or verse; (c) to say (sth.), proclaim, teach; also, ?refl. announce (the wine) [quot.: c1450 Chaucer]; ~ non other, speak of nothing else; ~ of another song, make a further speech (to sb.); (d) to pursue (a certain manner of speech or behavior); ~ idel song, speak in vain; ~ other song, endure a different fate; ~ placebo, be a flatterer; ~ si dedero, practice bribery; ~ song of helle, grumble; ~ swich a crede, behave in such a way.

(a) To make music, play a musical instrument; ~ in (to, with), play on (a musical instrument); ?also fig. [quot.: c1384]; also, play (a melody) on (a harp) [quot.: c1400]; ~ with trompe, play on a trumpet; also, make a loud noise, ?belch [last quot.]; ~ to the (the lord) in, praise God by playing a musical instrument; singinge instrument, a stringed instrument; (b) to make a cheerful sound; of a musical instrument: make music, give forth a melody; of the anus: make noise; (c) of the ears: to ring, be continually afflicted with ringing or humming.

Of birds: (a) to sing, call, warble, crow, croak, etc.; sing to or for (sb.); (b) to give forth (a song, a call, notes, etc.); also, of an imitation bird: give forth (music) [quot.: c1450]; ~ houres, crow on the hour; (c) in proverbs and prov. expressions.

Of an ass: to bray; of a frog: croak; of a cicada: cry.

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