Middle English Dictionary Entry
angin n.
Entry Info
| Forms | angin n. Also anȝin, angun. |
| Etymology | OE angin, ongin. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Of a period of time: the beginning; (b) the onset (of a disease); (c) activity, behavior.
Associated quotations
a
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1107 : Se cyng Henri..to Augustes anginne on Westmynstre wæs.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)68/16 : Þæt rice þe eow iȝearcod wæs fram middaneardes anginne.
b
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)129.122/1 : Heo ȝehnesceð þa angynnu þa wætere-seocum.
c
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)4/6 : Þa Iudeisce, mid dyrstiȝ anginne, ælcne utlaȝedon þe on him ilyfdon.
2.
(a) Theol. Beginning, origin, cause; (b) source, origin.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)80/7 : Nu is þe Fæder angin & þe Sune anȝin & þe Halȝa Gast anȝin, þæt is ordfrumæ.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)80/9 : Heo alle þreo on ane godcundnesse beoð an anȝin.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)82/8 : Þæt þæt lator bið þone God, þæt hæfeð anȝin & ne bið na God.
- a1225(OE) Vsp.A.Hom.Init.Creat.(Vsp A.22)217 : Heo his ælra þinga angin and hordfruma and ænde.
b
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)107 : Ech iuel þonc..sam it haue angun of þe mannes lichames wille, sam it haue þe biginning of the deules fortuhting [etc.].
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)5/8 : Superbia..was anȝinn of alle sennes.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)25/7 : Fides recta, þat is rihte ȝeleaue..is anginn of alle cristendome.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)115/7 : Lauerd, angin and welle of alle godnesse, haue rewðhe..of ðe wrecche Adame soule.