Middle English Dictionary Entry
dinging ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | dinging ger. Also dinghing. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Beating, smiting, scourging.
Associated quotations
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)6571 : Þe neghend [pain] es dyngyng of devels hand With melles of yren.
- (1433) ?Phillip Serm.GF (BodLTh d.1)252 : 4a littera est d et signat his [Jesus's] dyngyng.
- a1450 Desert Relig.(Add 37049)835 : Þe neyent is dynghyng [vrr. dingginge, dyngyng] of deles hand With melles of iren.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)5 : He lediþ..to helle peple wiþ outun nowmbre to be dongun..wiþ mani digingis [read: dingingis].
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)122.3 : That he delyuer us of all temptacioun & dyngynge.