Middle English Dictionary Entry
entring(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | entring(e ger. |
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Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The act or fact of entering, as (a) into a confined space or bounded area, (b) into an office or society, (c) into a state or condition.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)134b/b : A strong blast of wynde..strecchiþ bleddres by entringe.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)2.pr.6.45 : Men ful ofte ben slayn by..the entrynge of crepynge wormes into the pryvetees of mannes body.
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)159 : They payen..to the toun the right custum for the out goyng, as they dedyn for the enteryng.
- c1475 Why Nun (Vsp D.9)197 : Where..resun hathe none enteryng, That howse may not be fortunate.
b
- a1425(?c1384) Wycl.Church (Bod 788)349 : Who is beterid by entryng into þes ordris.
- -?-(1435) Doc.in Power Craft Surg.313 : That no persoone be made maistir of the craft withinne vij ȝeere after his entrynge.
c
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Heb.4.1 : The biheeste of entrynge into his reste.
2a.
Law The taking possession of lands or tenements.
Associated quotations
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)276/3 : William Broun yaf licence..that Petir of Esserugge shold entir in-to his fee of karsynton..and enioye the forsaid entryng.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)413/4 : A breef of entryng that is I-called breve introitus.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)439/32 : The kyngis breef 'of the entryng (or de ingressu)' I-called.
2b.
The right of entering; access.
Associated quotations
- c1460 Oseney Reg.24/1 : Þe saide chanons..haue fre entryng and goyng oute.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)244/1 : Without ony reteynyng or with-holdyng..in weyes and pathes, in entrynges and goyngis out.
3.
The entering into battle; onslaught.
Associated quotations
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)8834 : Neiȝe ichon of her felawe In þe entring brouȝt a paien of dawe.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)77/18 : They..entred into the batell and felled doune mony knyghtes in theyr entryng.
4.
(a) The initiation of an action, beginning; (b) the beginning (of a period of time).
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)287a/b : In þe entryng þey breken þe gretter greynes.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)136/20 : This sorowe may be an enterynge of oure conuersion.
b
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)21 : Þei abide alle þe wyntere in to þe entryngis of Auerille.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)21 : The entryng of Maij.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)4158 : Þe entring of þe equinox.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)205/12 : It be-fill on a tewisday..in the entreynge of May.
5.
The entering of a name or item in a record or list; also, an item so entered or a list of entries.
Associated quotations
- (1409) Mem.Bk.York in Sur.Soc.125178 : That every person..pay iiijd to the crafte at the entryng of his name into there bookes.
- (1448-50) Grocer Lond.(Kingdon)299/32 : For entrynge a pleynte.
- a1500(?1397) ?Chaucer Astr.Suppl.(Dgb 72:Skeat)44.23 : Entere in-to thy table..and þan consider how many signes..thyne entrynge conteynith.
6.
A place of entrance; an approach or entry; also, fig.
Associated quotations
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Ezek.26.10 : Whanne he shal goo in the ȝatis, as bi entryngis of the citee distruyed.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2229 : Werre..hath so greet an entryng..that euery wight may entre whan hym liketh.
- (1423) Doc.Brewer in Bk.Lond.E.174 : To þe dores yn þe halle and to þe Entrynge of þe grete Chamber.
- (c1441) Proc.Chanc.in Cal.PCEliz.1.p.xxxviii : Fast by the entrynge into the ryver of the same porte.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)500/11 : Bitwene the entryng of Iohn Enysham of the west parte and the lond of Walter Feteplace of the Est parte.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)116/30 : Þe masse is begonne withoute enterynge with Kyriel; And enterynge is stillyd for representacion of begynnyng of the masse þe which was afore Celestyn þe Pope.
Note: New sense.
Note: Gloss: Liturg. The psalm or antiphon which is sung or recited while the priest approaches the altar to celebrate mass, the introit.--per MLL
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1475(c1420) Page SRouen (Eg 1995:Bellis) 10/310 : The Fraynysche kynge And the Burgaynys caste hyr ontrynge In the northe syde of oure oste For cause there was playne moste.
Note: Editor: "E's 'ontrynge' at line 310 has not been emended to the more regular 'entrynge' (BaBo); it is presumably a dialect spelling."
Note: Glossary: "ontrynge ger. 'the action of entering'."
Note: New spelling.