Middle English Dictionary Entry
hō̆r(e)ling n.
Entry Info
| Forms | hō̆r(e)ling n. ?Also họ̄r(e-. |
| Etymology | Cp. họ̄r(e n.(2) & hō̆rel. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A fornicator or an adulterer.
Associated quotations
- a1200 PMor.(Trin-C B.14.52)103 : Hwat sullen horlinges don þes wichen and þe forsworene?
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)22/351 : Ant te vnseli horlinges..Endelese pine.
- c1275 LSSerm.(Clg A.9)186/29 : Lechurs and horlinges þider sculen wende.
- a1275(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Trin-C B.14.39)133/668 : He is cocker, þef, & horeling.
- a1300 Serm.Liþer lok (Trin-C B.1.45)105 : Liþir lok and tuingling..opin brest & singing..arin toknes of horeling.
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)257/48 : He slouȝ is fader and is moder..And wende bi heom þat is wijf and hire horeling it were.
- a1350 Of Rybaudȝ (Hrl 2253)13 : Þe harlotes bueth horlynges ant haunteþ þe plawe.
- c1330 Why werre (Auch)25 : If there be in countre an horeling, a shrewe, Lat him come to the court.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)52/5-6 : Vor þe drinkere and þe horling amang þe oþre kueades þet hi doþ.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Deut.23.17 : Þer shal be noo strumpet of þe douȝtris of Irael, ne horlynge [L scortator] of þe sonys of Irael.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)3.157 : He made hem to use..nyce craftes with horlynges and strompettes and euel lyuynge men.
- a1450 7 Sages(3) (Cmb Dd.1.17)2189 : Quod hire horlyng in the bede, 'Ly stille.'
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1225(?c1175) PMor.(Lamb 487)103 : Hwet sculen ordlinghes [Dgb: horlinges] don, þa swicen and ta forsworene.
Note: New spelling