Middle English Dictionary Entry
hurting(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | hurting(e ger. Also urtinge, hurtingue, hurtunge, hurthing. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The act of injuring or being injured; (b) a wound, an injury; disease, deformity; (c) ?pain.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Lev.14.54 : Þis is þe lawe of al lepre & hurtynge [WB(2): smytyng; L percussurae].
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)3.403 : Who it evere were þat myȝte ride his hors Bucefal wiþ oute hirtynge [L illæsus] schulde be his heire.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)740 : And fyve wont of fyfty..I schal forȝete alle, And wythhalde my honde for hortyng on lede.
- a1425 Rolle FLiving (Arun 507)413 : Or hurtyng of me-selfe so þat i was vnabil til do þat to me fell.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)55a/b : To þe hurtynge of þe brayne, hurtynge of þe breste foloweþ.
- (1433) ?Phillip Serm.GF (BodLTh d.1)253 : Set sill[aba] signat his [Jesus'] hurtyng.
- (c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)22/21 : Þe witt of siȝt, bi which þei myȝten move hem silf from place to place wiþout hurtyng of her kynde.
- a1475 I beleue on god (Rwl B.408)7/102 : The sone of god..Was..borne of a mayde without hyre hurtyng.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)16a/b : The vtilite whi þat he [fingernail] is in extremytees is þat he schulde kepe þe fyngris endis from hurtynge.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)26.9 : He hild me fra hortynge.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)81/12 : And most hurtynges and harmes by þe medicyns þerof er put away.
b
- ?c1225 Ancr.(Cleo C.6:Mac.)157 : Hurtunge [Corp-C: Eauer se flesch is cwickre, se þe reopunge þrof & te hurt is sarre].
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Cmb Gg.1.1)17 : Blessure: hurting [vr. maymyng].
- ?a1425(?c1350) NHom.(3) Pass.(RwlPoet 175)2582 : His hand semed als it war sare, And hurtyng had it neuer þe mare.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Dan.6.23 : Danyel was led out of the lake, and noon hirtyng [L læsio] is founden in hym.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)38a/b : Þe schap of þe heed is rounde, and þat for to put of greues & hurtinges [L lesionis].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)50a/b : Somtyme þe schuldres ben j-greued wiþoute wiþ woundes & wiþ diuers hurtinges.
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)684 : Wiþouten hurtyng þei ȝeoden hole.
- a1425(?c1375) NHom.(3) Leg.(Hrl 4196)132/40 : And when þaire hurthyng withdrogh, Þe folk war þan ful faine and wend Þat þai had helid þam with þaire hend.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)12a/b : Þat bene riȝt noble & censitiue, Of which þe hurtyng [L lesio] is mych perilous.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)253 : Hurte, or hurtynge: Lesio, lesura.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)88b : Hors þat ben ytrapped in mayle or plates, þey ben þe sikerere from hurtynge and harmynge of woundes.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)55.334 : Thanne Fyl this kyng in Swownenge thorwgh thike strok and his hurtynge.
c
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1482 : He prikede as swiþe as he miȝt hiȝe his hors for hurtyng of spors.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)18a : Also yf one be brused wiþ in forþe with horting, late make potage of þis erbe.
- a1500 Platearius CInstans (Cmb Ee.1.13)5/14 : A suppository ymade of asa fetida bringit owt þe secundyngne & maketh women haue her termes., but anoynt hem furst wythinforth wyth hony oþer oyle oþer butter for hurtyge.
2.
(a) Damage to a thing; also, the act of damaging; (b) impairment of a bodily function or mental faculty; loss of customs duties; (c) law violation of honor, impairment of authority.
Associated quotations
a
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)175/17 : Breoke nep oðer disch, oðer biseo ȝemelesliche ei þing þet me wið feareð..of keorfunge, of hurtunge þurh unbisehenesse.
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)362/6 : His on newe scho, with-oute hurtingue of ani-þing, gan to berste a-two.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.801 : Espirituel thefte is sacrilege, that is to seyn, hurtynge [vr. vrtynge] of holy thynges or of thynges sacred to Crist.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)3.541 : In wedyng hem thow most be diligent ffor hurtyng of her bulbe or of her eye.
- (1448) in Willis & C.Cambridge 1367 : Item, that the growndes of the Qwere whiche be nowe taken be nott removed ne stored for drede of hurtyng and enpeyring of the seid growndes.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)81a/b : Þese passiouns beþ diuers madnes..by diuers greuynge & hurtinge of worchinge.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)51b/b : Of þe which partie went out a litel of þe substance of þe brayne, which knowen by hurting in þe memorie, i. mynde, which he recouered after þe cure.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)68a/b : The token of woundinge of þe synowes is akþe..and hurtynge of the movynge and of the felynge.
- (1433) RParl.4.445a : The losse that John Roger and other hadde..to grete fere and doute to youre Marchantz to shippe eny good of value there, the whiche is bothe hurtynge of youre Custume and hyndrynge to youre seid Marchantz.
c
- c1410(a1387) Legal Gloss.Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)95 : Mundbreche, hertynge of honour and of worschepe [L læsio majestatis], a Frensche, blesmure de honoure.
3.
(a) Stumbling; ~ to, stumbling on or over; (b) a stumbling block; a cause of stumbling or error; (c) a dashing together, an onslaught, a collision.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Roy 1.B.6)1 Pet.2.8 : The stoon of offencioun, or hirtynge, and stoon of sclaundre, to hem that offenden bi word, nether bileuen.
- a1400 Bk.Mother (Eg 826)41 : It is write..that God wole sende to the aungels to kepe the fro hirtynge.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)5b/b : Of falling & offensioun i. hurtyng, of distencioun & submersioun i. drenching.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)78/14 : Corupcioun aȝeyn kynde commys of chaunce, as of bataille, or of hurtynge to a stoon, or any oþer auenterous caas.
b
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Josh.23.13 : To ȝow þei sholyn been into a dyche & greue & hurtynge [WB(2): hirtyng; L offendiculum] of ȝoure syde.
- a1425(c1384) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Ezek.3.20 : If the riȝtwijs man shal be conuertid fro his riȝtwisnes, and shal doo wickidnes, Y shal putte an hirtynge [L offendiculum] before hym.
- c1425 *Wycl.Concord.(Roy 17.B.1)70b : Be ȝe wiþouten hirtynge [L offensione] to iewis & to heþene men, firste pistle to cor. x cap.
- c1425 *Wycl.Concord.(Roy 17.B.1)87b : Lest perauenture þis leeue be maad hirtynge to syke men, firste pistle to cor. eiȝtþe cap.
c
- ?a1400 Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Petyt 511)2946 : Hurtyng [Lamb: þe fyrste hortlyng gaf a gret crusche].
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)253 : Hurtynge: Collisio, contactus.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. hurting.