Middle English Dictionary Entry
grīnding(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | grīnding(e ger. Also (?error) grindring. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The action or process of stamping, crushing, pulverizing; the grinding of grain; sute of ~, the right to require tenants to grind their grain at the manorial mill; (b) ?the toll for grinding grain; (c) pain, gripes; (d) gnashing of teeth; (e) the sharpening of tools or blades.
Associated quotations
a
- ?c1300 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Sln 809:Wright)155 : Wit gryndyng comes mel.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)220b/b : If it is slowe to gryndynge.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)292b/b : The mule hatte mulus and haþ þat name of molendo gryndyng, for he is vnder þe ȝok of bakers and draweþ aboute millestones.
- (a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)p.41 : Grynde hem al to doust..chawf a litell rede wyne, cast þeramong in þe gryndyng.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)212 : Gryndynge of a mylle: Molatura, multura.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)268 : It is in þis present purpos forto likene..oure vertuose wirching to oure corn grinding.
- (1447-8) *Mun.B.Bridgewater17 : To John Peynto' for gryndyng of Chalke.
- (1451) Capgr.St.Gilb.(Add 36704)93/22 : Þat þe smal seed of mustard schuld be al to-broken whech schuld be þe mor poynaunt aftir þat grindyng.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.75/2 : If..þere men, for cawse of gryndyng, to our Mille Come..we shall..chalenge of þe..men.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)138/3 : j watur mille, with þe ponde, close, & pasture liing þer-to, & with þe seute of grindinge, & all oþer pertinences.
- (a1500) Doc.in Sur.Soc.8561 : Thay schall gyffe for ye sayd quarter gryndyng a farthyng.
b
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Rv.(Manly-Rickert)A.4314 : Thus is the proude millere wel ybete And hath ylost the gryndyng of his whete And payed for the soper euerydel.
c
- a1400 Ancr.Recl.(Pep 2498)175/28 : As þeiȝ it were better to þole sekenesse, hede ache, grindyng in þe wombe.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)67b : Hit helpith for gryndyng of þe wombe.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)181a/a : Of helpez of þe wombe..First for torcionz i. grindring is praised lana succida.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)29.marg. : For scheryng & gryndyng in þe body.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)30/1 : Lay it als hate to whare þu felis þe gryndyng als þu may suffre it.
d
- ?a1300 Fiftene toknen (Dgb 86)128 : Þere is pine and hete and chele, Grindinge after pine vele.
- c1350 Ayenb.App.(Arun 57)265/5 : Þer is wop and grindinge of teþ.
- c1450 Kynge of grace (Clg A.2)218 : Ther be paynus, hote and colde, Gryndyng of teþe.
e
- (1423) Let.Bk.in Bk.Lond.E.(Gldh LetBk I & K)107/2 : Þe makyng and gryndyng and oþer apparaillyng of Shermennes sheres..stondeth in þoccupacion and excercise of tweyn or thre persones.
- (1463) Let.Bk.Lond.L (Gldh LetBk L)26 : That..no maner foreyn take upon him to use the occupacion of Gryndyng of Blades within the seide Citee.
2.
In cpds.: ~ ston, a millstone; ?also, a grindstone; ~ toth, a molar.
Associated quotations
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)19/28 : Þann Grecces nemneþ sume molides, þæt we hæteð grindig [read: grinding] teþ, fore hy grindeþ æl þæt man byȝleofaþ.
- 1295 *Acc.Exch.K.R.5/8.m.3 [OD col.] : In quodam lapide qui vocatur Grindingstan.
- (a1399) Oath Bk.Colchester9 : Gryndyng stones of iiij fote and above, j d.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)50b/a : Chymolye i. erþe þat is founden vnder a gryndyngstone.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)212 : Gryndyngstone, or myllestone: Molaris..or grynstone: Mola.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500(a1350) MS Peterh.210 in Wenzel ME Lexicon (Peterh 210)470 : De secundo lapide, scilicet invidie, facit sibi diabolus a gryndyngeston, idest lapidem fabri.
Note: Sense of compound ~ stone as 'grindstone' is confirmed. 'For the grindstone as an image of envy, see Fasciculus morum III.ii.10-22 (p. 156).' -- Wenzel.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. grinding.