Middle English Dictionary Entry
hē̆nǧe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | hē̆nǧe n. Also heinge, hinge. |
| Etymology | OE *heng(e suspension, hanging; cp. henge-clif overhanging cliff. See also Smith PNElem. 1.243. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A hinge on which a door or gate hangs; also, the part of a hinge with a ring or eye to receive the hook or pin on the jamb or post; henges and hokes; ~ hok; (b) a bar for fastening a door or gate; (c) ston ~, a device for clamping stones together; (d) naut. a metal spike with a ring at the end to receive the pintle of the rudder; ~ peli, ?the spike of a henge, ?a stake or pole with a hinge attached.
Associated quotations
a
- (1356) Doc.in Riley Mem.Lond.283 : [4] heyngges.
- (1367-8) Doc.Manor in MP 3454 : Henghokes.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)2181 : Þe henges boþe barste, & þe stapel þar-with out sprong.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Prov.26.14 : As a dore is turned in his heenge [WB(2): hengis; L cardine], so a sloȝ man in his litle bed.
- (1391) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.5276/22 : Pro hokes, hynges, et haspes pro hostiis buterie.
- (1393) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.52157/23 : Pro ij hokes et ij pair hinges, viij d.
- (a1395) Acc.Savoy in Archaeol.24313 : Ferri novi pro henges & hokes.
- (1415-6) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99225 : Pro henges, hokes, crokes, et aliis ferramentis, 15 s. 4 d.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)3 Kings 7.50 : The heengis [L cardines] of doris of the ynnermore hows.
- (1426-7) Rec.St.Mary at Hill66 : Also a peire hengis to þe same dore weyenge vj lb. & di., pris xiij d.
- (1429-30) Rec.St.Mary at Hill72 : For þe toþer gate, a peire hengis & hokys weyeng xxxij lb.
- (1432) *Acc.Grantchester : An for hokys and hyngys to Jakys.
- (1440) Acc.Bk.Carpenter Co.4 : Payde for heynges and nayles for ye same Warke.
- (1441) Acc.Bk.Carpenter Co.6 : For hengys to the botre.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)17353 : Tho ȝates Ful clos they ben with joyntes of yrne..an on Euery ȝate vij hynges wel gode.
- (1458-60) Acc.St.Andrew Hubbard in BMag.31248 : For..amendyng of the newe pewe in the church with newe hengges.
- (1465-6) Acc.Howard in RC 57323 : Item, to the iren mongyr for neyles, hokes, and henges.
- (1467-8) Acc.St.Michael Oxf.in OAST 7868 : Pro hangys et hokys, viii d.
b
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))2 Esd.3.15 : He bilde it and couerede and sette his ȝate leuis and lockis and heengis [WB(2): barris; L vectes].
- a1425 WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)2 Esd.3.13 : Heengis [Dc 369(1): Thei..setten his ȝate leuis and lokis and henglis].
c
- (1452-4) Grocer Lond.(Kingdon)339/6,7 : Item, paye for vij peyre stoon hengis þat weye lxij ll..Item, paye v peyse stoon henges þat wye xxvj ll. demi.
d
- (1307-8) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 1125 : Item, computat in ij henges et ij hokes de ferro..propter le Rothre, vj s. viij d.
- (1337-8) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 1125 : Henges et hokes pro supponendo le Rother.
- (1378-81) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 1125 : Pro hokes et henges.
- (1384) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)4.136 : [In the hands of Andrew Baudry a] hengepely.
- (1405-10) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 1125 : Et in j paire hynges et j paire hokes.
2.
The pluck of a sheep.
Associated quotations
- (1469) Ordin.Househ.Clarence in PSAL (1790)96 : And every sheepe to be brought in whoole, except the hedde and the henge, whiche is fee.