Middle English Dictionary Entry
intinge n.
Entry Info
| Forms | intinge n. Also intinga, intinȝ, (dat. pl.) intingum. |
| Etymology | OE intinga |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Cause, reason; (b) occasion, opportunity.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Dom.Quadr.(Bod 343)42/1,7 : Þonne sceal he eow ȝeornlice acsiæn..mid hwylce intingum þeo synn þurhtoȝen wære..to þam þæt he habbe rihtre intinge to forȝyfene.
- c1225(OE) Wor.Aelfric Gloss.(Wor F.174)549/25 : C[au]sa: intinga.
b
- a1150 Rwl.G.57 Gloss.(Rwl G.57)27 : Occasio: intinȝ.