Middle English Dictionary Entry
dēlīting ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | dēlīting ger. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Taking pleasure, enjoying; (b) pleasure, joy; (c) a pleasing thing.
Associated quotations
a
- c1390 Form Conf.(1) (Vrn)340 : I knowleche me gulti..of alle þe sunnes þat ich haue greuousliche sunged..as in word, in werk, in wille, in þouȝt, in speche, in delytyng, in concentyng, and in dede-doing.
b
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Wisd.8.18 : Wisdom is vndeedli in thouȝt, and good delityng [L delectatio] is in the frendschipe therof.
- c1475 Guy(1) (Cai 107/176)4512 : Theron was tho all his deliting [Auch: likeinge].
c
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)15.11 : Delitynges [Dub: delites; L delectationes] ben in þy riȝt honde.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)35.9 : Þou shalt ȝeue hem drynk of þe welle of de-litinges [L voluptatis].
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Ps.15.10 : Delitingus in thi riȝtt hond.
- c1390(?c1350) SVrn.Leg.(Vrn)92/1767 : Lvst also and dilytinge [L delicias] Of fleschlich likyng or tastinge He forsok.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)15.11 : And ay till than delityngis til thaim..in thi right hand, that is, in thi fauour and thi mercy, the whilk delityngis ledis thaim in til the end.