Middle English Dictionary Entry
durring dọ̄n, durring-dọ̄ phr. & cpd.
Entry Info
| Forms | durring dọ̄n, durring-dọ̄ phr. & cpd. Also during ~, dor(r)ing ~, daring ~. |
| Etymology | From durren . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Courage to engage in feats of arms, prowess in battle; also, feats of arms, exploits, battle.
Associated quotations
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.4869 : He was..In doring do..For to fulfille þat longeþ to a knyȝt.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.5471 : Þe stok and rote of worþines..Þat to-forn alle bare a-weie þe belle Of dorynge do, þis flour of hiȝe prowes..Allas, Hector, allas! why shuldestou deie!
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.136 : He nouþer haþ manhod nor prowes..And..In doring do preved a coward.
- a1456(c1422) Lydg.Glo.Marriage (Trin-C R.3.20)129 : Frome eest to west, as of heghe prowesse, In daring-doo, and deedes marcyal, He passeþ alle.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.837 : Troilus was nevere..in no degree secounde In durryng don [vrr. dorryng don, duryng do, In dorynge to do] that longeth to a knyght.