Middle English Dictionary Entry
dighting ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | dighting ger. Also dichting, dihtunȝ. |
| Etymology | OE dihtung |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The action of preparing something, making ready, repairing, furbishing; also fig.; (b) adorning, arraying; (c) preparing of food or drink; (d) treating a patient; (e) ruling, management; (f) making; (g) sexual intercourse.
Associated quotations
a
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)88.14 : Ryȝtfulnes and iugement ben þe diȝteyng [L præparatio] of þe sege of God.
- (1420) Rec.Norwich 2396 : For digthyng of the George, 8 d.
- a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)Eph.6.15 : Be ȝee schod þe feet in þe dyghtynge [L preparacione] þe euangelie of pees.
- (1434-5) Acc.St.Michael Oxf.in OAST 7834 : For dychttynge of the storre huse & castynge out of the herthe ii d.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)11.532 : And aftir hem [grapes] in shadowe they suspende, Her vessel while in dightyng they contende.
- (1458-60) Acc.St.Andrew Hubbard in BMag.31249 : To a laborer for dightyng of the Churchawe, iij d.
- a1500 Treat.GBattle (Hrl 1706)424 : Stondeth..in trowthe..and keuer ȝoure feete in dyghtyng or makyng redy of the gospelle off peese.
b
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)24/34 : Þe ilke..þengþ in his herte..to þe diȝtinge of his house.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)47/20 : Vor ase zayþ þe uorbisne: levedi of uaire diȝtinge is arblast to þe tour.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)215/26 : Hi ssollen þer ham moche mildi to god, naȝt glorifie hare heȝnesse ne of hare uayre diȝtinge ne of hare uayre robes.
c
- c1430(a1410) Love Mirror (Brsn e.9)97 : There is no bodily mete so likynge to me as that is of hir diȝtinge.
- (1442) Visit.Alnwick230 : Thai entende so bysyly about purveying and dyghtyng of thair vytayle that often tymes thai are absent fro the qwere in tyme of dyuyne seruyce.
- c1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(2) (Hrl 4016)105 : Another diting of a tenche. Take a quarte of wyne [etc.].
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)224/27 : Wyth to mych and to costlew araynge or dyghtenge of metes and drynkes.
d
- (1463-4) Acc.Howard in RC 57246 : To Watkyn the Kynggys horseleche, ffor dytynge of my masterys horsses.
- (1467) Acc.Howard in RC 57423 : To a schorgon fore dytenge of heme wane he was horte.
e
- a1225 Wint.Ben.Rule (Cld D.3)135/2 : Foroft hit ȝetimeð þæt swiðe hefiȝtyme sace & unȝeþwernessa on mynstra aspringat þurh þare priore unryhte dihtunȝe [L ordinationem].
- a1225 Wint.Ben.Rule (Cld D.3)135/26 : Þæt eall þæs mynstres dihtunȝ & endebyrdnesse on þære abbodesse dome & tæcunȝe æfre stande.
f
- (1464) Acc.Howard in RC 57274 : My mastyr payd to Wyllyam Hore for dytynge of a gowne of my ladyis.
g
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)158b/b : When þat þe ȝerde..be noght made to stonde vp ne þat it go not out into þe dede of leccherie or of dightynge.
2.
An arrangement, an organized division or section.
Associated quotations
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)17/27 : Þis zenne him to-delþ..ine zuo uele deles..zeuen principals doles þer byeþ..To þise zeue diȝtinges [F parties] belongeþ alle þe zennes þet byþ y-bore of prede.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1400 NVPsalter (Eg 614)118.91 : Þurgh [þi] dihting [vr. welesettinge; L Ordinatione] lasted þe dai.
Note: New gloss
Note: Closest to sense 1.(e). Gloss: ordination, disposition.
Note: This quot. has been taken back to books.--both notes per MLL
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)90a/a : Touchinge þe preperacioun oþer diȝtinge of þe wounde, ffirste…þe wounde is clensed.
Note: Modify gloss: closest to sense 1.(a): med. & surg. the action or process of preparing a wound for treatment.--per MLL