Middle English Dictionary Entry
dampning ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | dampning ger. Also damning, dam(p)ing. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Law Judicial condemnation, sentencing; a sentence; (b) theol. damnation; a curse.
Associated quotations
a
- c1390(?c1350) SVrn.Leg.(Vrn)30/246 : He alone wiþ vois ful sad Asoiled hire fro þat dampnyng, And demed þe juges to dyȝing.
- a1475 In place (Hrl 3954)59 : Hee leddyn þat maydynus sone ȝyng For to takyn hys damnyng Beforn iustice pylate.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)33a : Dampnyng: dampnacio puplicii judicij, condempnacio priuati.
b
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)6643 : Who that takith almessis that be Dewe to folk..Pore..He etith his owne dampnyng.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)113 : Dampnynge, idem est quod dampnacio.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)17 : Who euer deserue to tak þe sentence of daming..no man mai relesse him.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)61 : Oþer wis demiþ not Crist, þe sone, bi cause to ani man to be vndur syn, bondage, nor damping.