Middle English Dictionary Entry
gesting(e ger.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | gesting(e ger.(1) |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A feast, celebration; (b) lodging; keep.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 Floris (Eg 2862)82/440 : Glad was Florys of þat tydyng; He hoped to come to þat gestyng.
- a1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)181/799 : Alisaunder hadde at his gestyng [Suth: weddyng] Of all the kyndom eueri lordyng, And holdeth a feste.
- a1500 Bevis (Chet 8009)147/3173 : All he bad [to his] gestynge..for to honoure his spousyng.
b
- c1300(c1250) Floris (Cmb Gg.4.27)83/125 : And for his niȝtes gestinge, He ȝaf his oste an hundred schillinge.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)11443 : Þai toke þair gesting [Trin-C: Innes] in þe tun.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)11750 : Þai fand nan o þair knaing, At þat þai cuth ask at þair gesting.