Middle English Dictionary Entry
differring ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | differring ger. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Deferring of action; postponement of a session; without ~, without delay.
Associated quotations
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.1239 : For in differryng is ofte gret damage, To werke in tyme is double avauntage.
- (1437) Proc.Privy C.5.39 : The diferryng of þe sessions was for þinconveniences þat was lyke to falle.
- a1450(?1420) Lydg.TG (Tan 346)1206 : Abide awhile..And lete no sorov in þin hert bite For no differring.
- c1450(a1400) Orolog.Sap.(Dc 114)377/7 : Þorouȝh his differrynge fro daye to daye hee schalbe vndisposed.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.9/16 : I charge the þat..with-owte differryng, þou make to be ȝelde oon crofte of londe.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)370/2 : The parte lettyng shold pay without lenger differryng to the partie that is I-lette.