Middle English Dictionary Entry
arming ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | arming ger. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The action of equipping someone for battle, arming; (b) weapons or armor; (c) ~ cloth, top ~, a covering for the topcastle of a ship; ~ doublet, jacket worn under armor, acton; ~ harneis, suit of armor; ~ nail, nail used in making or repairing armor; ~ point, cord used in fastening armor; ~ sword, battle sword.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)9242 : He hadde iuel ȝolden þe kisseinge, Þat Gvenour him ȝaf at his arminge.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Th.(Manly-Rickert)B.2037 : Do come..my mynstrales And gestours for to tellen tales Anon in myn armynge, Of romances that been reales.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)423 : Was noȝt while þe nyȝt laste, bot..armyng of olyfauntes..Aȝen þe cristen to come, with castels on bake.
- (1453) Proc.Privy C.6.130 : Everard Frere armorer & Piers Hulke peyntour were assigned to be attendant to the seid defendant as for armyng & peynture.
b
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)2662 : Ther men may see many straunge guyses Of Armyng [vr. armoure] newe.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)14.240 : Into the sadel he gan to gon As thowgh him hadde Eylyd..non point Of Al his Armeng.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)44.566 : He knew hym be his Armeng And ok what harmes that he bar.
c
- c1410(1399) Will Folkyngham in Yks.Wr.2 (UC 97)449 : I ȝeue to William Flete..my best haberioun..and myn armynge sworde of Burdeux.
- (1415) Reg.Chichele in Cant.Yk.S.42 (Lamb 69)49 : Y wil and ordeyne þat John Cheyne, my sone and eir, have þe short armyn swerd harnaised with gold.
- (1420) *For.Acc.(PRO) 3 Hen.VI F/2 [OD col.] : j armyng clothe pro le Toppe, i corona de cupro..pro le Toppe.
- (1451) Lin.DDoc.49/7 : The best and hole armyng harnas yat I hafe & my best axe for werre.
- (1456) Invent.Armory in Archaeol.16125 : Item, vj [vr. vj C] Armyng nayle.
- (1463) Acc.Howard in RC 57217 : j doseyn armynge poyntys, iij d.
- (1466) Acc.Howard in RC 57347 : Paid for the lynenge of the toppe armynge and for the toppe maste, xx d.
- (1467) in Black Leathersellers34 : Armyng poyntes [of] Calveslether.
- (1472) Paston (Gairdner)5.137 : I gaffe hym a ffayr armyng sworde.
- (1473) Paston (Gairdner)5.188 : Sende me a newe vestment off whyght damaske..I wyll make an armyng doblett off it.
- a1486 Arms Chivalry (Mrg M 775)43 : And undir the arme the armynge poyntis muste be made of fyne twyne, suche as men make stryngis for crossebowes.