Middle English Dictionary Entry
hiling(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | hiling(e ger. Also hilling, hulunge, hulling. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A roof, roofing material; (b) a garment, vestment, clothing; (c) covering, bedcover, curtain; ?awning; (d) something that protects, protection, shelter; armor.
Associated quotations
a
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Arun 220)170 : E cele e tecte [glossed:] hiling of hous.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)250b/b : Roof trees..bereþ vp þe hilyinge [L tectum].
- (1402) Topias (Dgb 41)77 : Unnethes the hillinge hangith on the sparres.
- c1440 Bonav.Medit.(3) (Thrn)211 : All þe sorowfull dayes of hir wedowhede hir be-houes to ly vndire oþer mens hillynge.
- (1467) Acc.St.John Peterb.in Antiq.51410 : For schelyng of ledd & hyllyng of Saynt John Chapell.
b
- (1395) Wycl.37 Concl.(Tit D.1)8 : Curatis shulden ben apaied with liflode and hilinge.
- (1395) Wycl.12 Concl.(Th 17)304 : We hauende oure bodili fode and hilling we schulde holde us apayed.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)101.28 : And als kleþinge elde sal alle þai, And as hilinge wende saltou þa.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Job 24.7 : Thei leeuen men nakid, and taken awei the clothis, to whiche men is noon hiling in coold.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.37 : Herfor forbediþ Crist bisynesse of foode and hilyynge.
- c1425(c1400) Primer (Cmb Dd.11.82)p.42 : Alle schulen wexe eld as a cloþ, And þou schalt chaunge hem as an hilyng.
- ?c1430(c1400) Wycl.RMArticles (Corp-C 296)223 : Þei..letten goode curatis of..holdynge vp of þe chirchis in hilynge & bokis & oþere ornamentis.
- (1434) Will Bergavenny in Nicolas PPExp.[OD col.]242/2 : [Joane..bequeathed her] hullyng [of black, red, and green].
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)229 : Hatte, hed hillynge: Capellum.
c
- a1425(c1384) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Ezek.27.7 : Iasynct and purpur of the ylis Helysa ben maad thin hillynge [WB(2): hiling; L operimentum].
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Ex.36.19 : He made also an hilyng [WB(1): couertour; L opertorium] of the tabernacle of the skynnes of rammes.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Heb.10.20 : Hauynge trist in to the entring of hooli thingis..and lyuynge bi the hiling [WB(1): veyl or keuering; L velamen], that is to seie, his fleisch.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)240 : Hyllynge, or coverynge of what thynge hyt be: Coopertura.
- (1445) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.81 : [One] hyllyng [of] lynyn, 4 s.
- (1450) Lin.DDoc.40 : I besette to sir Iohn Greue..j paire of Blankettes, j blew hillyng.
- a1475 Lovely lordynges (Brog 2.1)p.4 : The hyllynges thereof schal be blewe, And dyaper with aser hew.
d
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))1 Mac.4.6 : Judas apperide..with three thousandis of men oonly, whiche hadden not hilingis [L tegumenta] and swerdis.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Deeds 18.3 : Thei weren of cenefectorie craft, that is, to make hilingis to trauelinge men.
- c1390 ?Hilton Qui Habitat (Vrn)2/2 : He þat woneþ..in hullyg [vr. hilling] of god of heuene.
- (1402) Topias (Dgb 41)77 : And many a pore man ther is that hath noon hillyng, but oonly heven is his hous.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Ps.60.5 : Y schal be keuered in the hilyng [WB(1): coueryng; L velamento] of thi wengis.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)17.38 : Thou gaf til me hilynge [L proteccionem] of thi hele.
- a1500(?c1378) Wycl.OPastor.(Ryl Eng 86)411 : Two maner of hiling ben nedeful tp prestis þat shulden do þis offiss; hiling of resonable cloþis, and eke hiling of skileful housis.
- a1500 *Vegetius(1) (Sln 2027) : Hylyng [Dc fol. 105a: Aȝenst this sleithe of heyȝenge of þe walles..þey make a lasse tour wiþ-ynne þe grete tour].
2.
(a) The action of giving clothing or shelter, act of covering up; blindfolding; (b) concealment.
Associated quotations
a
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Gen.20.16 : This schal be to thee in to hiling [WB(1): veyl; L velamen] of iȝen.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)240 : Hyllynge wythe clothys: Tegumentum.
- (1458) Acc.St.Michael Oxf.in OAST 7851 : For hyllyng of a grave to Margerett Dall, vi d.
b
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)78/2 : Þe hulunge is þe goddedes lif.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Ecclus.29.29 : Betere is the lijflode of a pore man vndur the hilyng of sparris than schynynge feestis in pilgrymage with outen hous.
Note: Need date in 1.(a)