Middle English Dictionary Entry
disporting ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | disporting ger. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
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Associated quotations
- (1416) Ordin.Gregge in Hadley Hist.Kingston746 : Yay wylle yat ye gardyn be in common to alle ye brodyrs and systers, both yn hyrbs and dysporting.
- ?c1450 Trivet Constance (Harv Eng.938)p.231 : Hit happed thus, As Olda and hermigild..shulde walke opon a day on theyre disporting toward the See syde, to see the fyssheres fysshe in the see.
- (a1460) DSPhilos.(Helm)253/13 : In what place soeuer thu be inne, be it in dysportynge or othirwise with thyne enemye, loke thu make euer good wacche.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)647 : They came ther as the Sowdon was..hym self walkeng in his disporteng place.