Middle English Dictionary Entry
fēsting(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | fēsting(e ger. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The giving of feasts, entertaining; feasting, merrymaking.
Associated quotations
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.119 : He was..in festynge and mete ȝevynge [L convivando] large.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.1718 : In suffisaunce..This Troilus gan al his lif to lede. He spendeth, jousteth, maketh festeynges.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.455 : On hire was evere al that his herte thoughte..That glade, iwis, kan hym no festeyinge.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)11.188 : Ȝowre frendes wil feden ȝow and fonde ȝow to quite Ȝowre festynge and ȝowre faire ȝifte.
- ?c1430(?1383) Wycl.Curse (Corp-C 296)305 : Þei taken mynystracion of dede mennus goodis..to here glotonye..and festyng of riche men.
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)1441 : To festeyng call in sum fugitif, And here him wel with comendatioun.