Middle English Dictionary Entry
āblinge ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | āblinge ger. Also habelinge. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Act of preparing oneself; making oneself fit or worthy.
Associated quotations
- c1450(c1400) *Rev.Jul.Norwich (Add 37790)110a : When we se nought god, than nedes vs to pray for faylynge & for habelynge of oure selfe to Jesu.
- c1450(a1400) Orolog.Sap.(Dc 114)375/23 : What-tyme a man doth what hee maye in ablynge hym to grace.
- c1480(1451) Let.Phil.Burgundy (Add 48031)141 : The king .. trustith to God and to his good grace that it .. shalbe thoccasion and cause .. of the recovery .. of the remenant of his enheritaunce .. and of thenforcyng and abulling of hym mightele tentende .. to thexpungnacion of thenemyes of the Cristen feithe.