Middle English Dictionary Entry

ēting(e ger.
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Entry Info

Forms ēting(e ger.
Etymology

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.
The act or habit of eating, partaking of food; also, partaking of (the Host).
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2.
?That which is eaten; food, a meal; gostli etinge, spiritual food.
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3.
Of worms and insects: the act of eating or gnawing away.
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4.
(a) ~ hous, refectory or dining hall; (b) ~ place; (c) ~ ware, food stuffs; (d) ~ appel tre.
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Supplemental Materials (draft)

  • 1790(1471-1472) Ordin.Househ.Edw.IV(2) (Topham)38 : Upon eatynge dayes at dynner by eleven of the clocke, a first dynner in the tyme of highe masse, for carvers, cupbearers, sewers and offycers..Upon fastinge dayes..a later dynner for carvers and for wayters.
    • Note: New combination.
    Note: Quot. belongs to sense 4. with new subsense (e).
    Note: Gloss: (e)~ dai, a day on which fasting or abstinence from food as a religious observance is not required.
Note: Add gloss to combination in sense 4.(d): ~ appel tre, ?a kind of oak with edible acorns; ?a medlar bush or tree. (See DMLBS aesculus n.)
Note: The list of variant spellings in the form section may be incomplete and / or may need revision to accord with standards of later volumes of the MED.--notes per MLL

Supplemental Materials (draft)

Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. eating.

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