Middle English Dictionary Entry
fẹ̄ding ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | fẹ̄ding ger. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The action of supplying food or sustenance; provision of food or of spiritual comfort; (b) consumption of food; eating, feasting; (c) repletion.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.113 : Þe mount of Olyuete..þe hille of medicyne and of fedynge [L refectionis].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)15b/b : Þe vnite þat ȝeueth lif of þe fedinge of god..with foode of þe spirit & of fedinge bi loue.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)259 : Þe viij gouernauncis of þi first table -- riȝt as Feedingis, heelingis, techingis.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)7/25 : Goostli feeding and edifiyng of cristen soulis.
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)174/2 : The werke of curates es in fedynge of hungry, in drynke ȝeuynge to thursty.
b
- a1400(?a1325) Bonav.Medit.(1) (Hrl 1701)35 : Ȝyf þou þenke weyl on þys fedyng [the last supper], God wyl nat late þe passe fastyng.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)158a/b : Incibacionez .i. fedingez.
- a1456(a1449) Lydg.BC (Trin-C R.3.20)85 : My feding..Is of wymmen þat beon meeke.
- c1475(c1450) Idley Instr.(Cmb Ee.4.37)2.B.2161 : Thy pompes feedyng which daily thow vsed.
c
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)15b/b : Whanne þis al on mete is I take, ful & verrey fedinge [L sacietas] is I founde.
2.
That which is eaten or consumed for nourishment; food, nourishment, sustenance; ~ silver, allowance for food; ~ stok, feed trough.
Associated quotations
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)3.441 : Alisaundre ordeyned fedynge [L alimenta] for children.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.329 : The womman thanne saugh that the tree was good to fedyng.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)209a/a : Som men clepeþ it [pith] þe guttes of þe tre, ffor þer Inne þe pured feedyng is departed fro þe vnpured as it is in þe guttes of a beste.
- c1400 *Trev.Higd.(Tbr D.7)90b : Wymmen ȝeueþ lyf & fedyng to kynges.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)43 : Þe greyhonde..lyued wiþ caraynes and of oþer fedyng soche as he myȝt come to.
- (1418) *Chamberl.R.Winch. : De xiiis. iiiid. solutis R. S. por fedyng silver.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)7.1274 : Seynt John..Honysokeles his moderat feedyng.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)116 : The wynd of thilke belyes [vainglory]..vnnestleth the hye briddes and ouerthroweth doun here feedinges [F pasturaux].
- a1475 Hrl.Bk.Hawking (Hrl 2340:Halliwell)306 : Ordeyn his fedyng stokke that it hurte hym not in no wyse.
3.
A piece of land used for feeding or grazing livestock; feding place, ~ stede; the right to such feeding or grazing.
Associated quotations
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)600 : Pascua: a ffedyngstede.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.12/17 : All customs and fredoms..in wode and playne, in Medes and ffedynges.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.21/15 : Þe chapell of the ffrees..with ffedynges and pastures and his oþer pertinences.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)270/8 : Pertynentis and liberteis in weyes, pathes, medis, fedyng-places and pastures.
- (1469) Will Bury in Camd.4946 : All the comedities wythyn the seid gardyn..as in herbagis, frutis, fedyngis, and fysshyngis in the moote.
- (c1475) Doc.in Bk.Brome (Brm)141 : To haue and to hoold all and iche a-bothe-seyd myssys, londes, tenementes, medowys, fedynges, pasturys, and the oder premeces.
4.
The experiencing of sensuous or intellectual stimulation or satisfaction (from sources other than food); satisfaction (of any desire).
Associated quotations
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)6.746 : O fiedinge is of that I se, On other is of that I here, The thridde..groweth of min oghne thoght.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)6.941 : I take of love my fiedinge.
- a1400 Wycl.MPl.(Add 24202)43 : God tooc..to fleyinge of fedyng of oure wittis, and to mortifiyng of hem.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)108 : Oure moost ful feedyng and moost joieful restyng of oure desijr.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)2/9 : Forto ȝeue a fore taast..and a confuse knowing of þe ful drauȝt and of þe ful feeding..whiche in þe hool seid book..to hem schulde be diliuered.
5.
The action of supplying a fire or light with fuel.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)133a/a : Hit [ashes] is sone I set ofire & on leye, but for defaute of fedynge hit is sodeynliche I queynt.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)318a/a : Wex..is also good to fedyng of light.