Middle English Dictionary Entry
hēling(e ger.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | hēling(e ger.(2) Also helin, heliunge, (error) helelinge, heliing(e & (error) hevyng. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A roof, roofing material; ~ ston, a tile; ~ pin, a peg used to fasten slates or tiles to roof laths; (b) a garment, clothing; (c) something that covers, covering, bedcover, quilt, altar cloth, binding of a book, caulking of a ship; ~ coster; ~ sond, sand used for covering a wall with roughcast; (d) something that protects, a protective cover, shelter.
Associated quotations
a
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Trin-C O.2.21)960 : Helying: tekt.
- c1330(?c1300) Reinbrun (Auch)p.657 : Þe walles were of cristal; Þe heling was of fin ruwal.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.5 : Al þe tyme þat þe helynge [L tectura] was in makynge of þe temple; he heled it so wiþ his bedes þat þere fil nouȝt oon drope of reyn.
- (a1402) Trev.Dial.MC (Hrl 1900)21/14 : Why restore ȝe nouȝt þe holy helyng [L sartatecta, ?misread: sacra tecta] of þe temple?
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)163/18 : And the helynge [Eg: thakk; F couerture] of here houses & the wowes & the dores ben all of wode.
- (1427) *For.Acc.(PRO) 61 [OD col.] : Petr. voc. helyng stones.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)75 : Chyngyl, or chyngle, bordys for helyngys of howsys: Sindula.
- (1457) Indent.Prior in Palaeog.Soc.3 (Hrl Charter 44.B.47)260 : The forseid Prioure shall fynde and make alle other reparacions, as of yrounwerke, tymberwerke, and helyng of the seid melle.
- (a1472) Acc.Bodmin in Camd.n.s.1420 : Item, y paiede for vj Mill. helyng stones..xvj s.
- (1473-4) Acc.St.Edm.Sarum15 : To Thomas Helier for the reparacion of the helynge of our lady Chapell.
- (1484-85) Acc.Ashburton in D&CRS n.s.156 : Item i-paide [for] helyng stonys, 6s. 6d.
- (1484-85) Acc.Ashburton in D&CRS n.s.156 : [For] hevyng [read: helyng] pynnys, 10 d. .. [For] 4,000 helyng pynnys, 8d.
b
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.217 : Man is i-bore wiþ oute eny helynge [Higd.(2): couerenge; L tegumento], naked and bare.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)17.236 : Freres..folliche spenden In housyng and in helyynge [vrr. heliyngge, hellynge, helyng].
- c1400 Bible SNT(1) (Selw 108 L.1)1 Cor.11.10 : Þe womman schal haue an helyng on hure hed.
- (a1402) Trev.Dial.MC (Hrl 1900)23/4 : Al þat is ouer þat nediþ to mete & drynke & helyng ȝe schulde spende in pore men.
- ?c1450(?a1400) Wycl.Clergy HP (Lamb 551)387 : Þai schuld holde hem apayde wiþ lyflode and helynge.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)42 : Crist..forbad [read: bad] hem to flee prid..and to hold hem paied of fode and helyng.
- a1500 Awntyrs Arth.(Dc 324)108 : Bare was þe body..on hide, ne on huwe, no heling hit hadde.
c
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)45b/a : Þan gadir þou þe lippis be a maner helinges [L tegmina] & kouerers of teeþ.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)6178 : Shippes hij habbeþ..Abouen and byneþen is her helyng [vr. heolyng] Wiþ buttemay þat wele so clyng.
- (1415) Reg.Chichele in Cant.Yk.S.42 (Lamb 69)46 : Item an helynge of gaude grene frise.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)64b/b : Tegmentum: helynge.
- (1442) in Rec.B.Nottingham 2178 : Unum lectum nigrum..cum uno helyng de saye nigro.
- (1447) EEWills131/21 : I bequethe..my store of howsold of beddyng, helyng Costurs of hallys and chambrys and kechyn.
- (1469) in Salzman Building in Engl.191 : Roghcastyngsonde [and] helynsonde.
- (1472) Acc.St.Edm.Sarum3 : j helynge of grene and yolow for the hye auter.
- (1474-5) Acc.St.Edm.Sarum19 : j bukke skynne for the helynge of the grete missal xxi d.
d
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)44b/b : Þe beerd is a nedeful helynge of þe chekes.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)291b/a : Þe yhen þat ben open and nought defended wiþ coueryng nouþer wiþ helynge [L cooperculo] to kepe hem fro gnattes.
- a1400 Primer (1891) [OD col.] (StJ-C G.24)p.23 : In helynge of thi wynges y schal be glad.
2.
(a) The action of giving clothing or shelter, making a roof; blindfolding; (b) concealment, silence; wel ~, q.v.
Associated quotations
a
- a1250 Lofsong Lefdi (Nero A.14)207 : Bi his scornunge..and bufettunge, and his heliunge.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)259 : Feedingis, heelingis, techingis, counceilingis doon to my neiȝboris.
- (1451) Acc.Yatton in Som.RS 494 : For helyng of Synt Jamys ys Chapell..v s. vij d.
- (a1472) Acc.Bodmin in Camd.n.s.1424 : Y-paiede to John Hancok for helyng seynt John is Ilde yn taxk xx s.
b
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)66/21 : Ðe heliunge is ðe god dedes lif.
- (1357) Gaytr.LFCatech.(Yk-Borth R.I.11)223 : The seuent comandement..In whilk is forboden..hiding or helyng [Thrn: helelynge] of othir mens godes.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.371 : Poetes brouȝte in fables for þre skiles..for helynge [Higd.(2): couerede; L velandam] and hiȝtinge of kynde; so me seiþ þat Vulcanus halteþ, for þe fuyre is neuere euene.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)81 : Thou hast no wurshipe of the helinge, j ne wot what thou shalt haue of the tellinge.
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)238/13 : Thou art worse in helynge [L tacendo] or hydynge than he in synnynge.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)67/23 : The matrice..haþ also þe priue schappe or chose as a hellynge and mytre.
Note: Modify sense
Note: ?gloss phrase
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (1455) Reg.Chanc.Oxf.in OHS 93353 : Item..ij. blankettes, j. olde paled helyng, with celer and tester of þe same.
Note: Additional quote(s) sense 1.(c). Salter: "Here would mean 'counterpane.'"