Middle English Dictionary Entry
cramping ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | cramping ger. Also crǒmping. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Violent contraction, spasms; (b) curling, curve.
Associated quotations
a
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)68a/b : Akþe and apostemacioun and occasioun of Crampinge [*Ch.(1): spasmyng]..In woundes of the synowes, If þere appere swellinge and afterward if it wiþdrawe it, þat is a tokene of crampynge and of rauynge.
b
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)58 : A rennyng hounde..shulde have..þe taile grete and hie..streight wiþ a litel crompyng vpward.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. cramping.