Middle English Dictionary Entry
irenninge ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | irenninge ger. Also irinning, ierninge, ȝurning, (early) ȝerinnincge. |
| Etymology | From OE gerinning, gerynnicg & ME irennen v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Running or moving with hostile intent, raiding; (b) the moving or course of a heavenly body; also, the running or flowing of water; (c) coagulation, thickening.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400 Trev.Higd.(Tbr D.7:Bab.)6.13 : [StJ-C: Þe province was swiþe destourbed by] ȝurnyng [StJ-C: rennynge; L incursione] and [StJ-C: of reses of straungers].
b
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)141/13 : Þe sterre þet hatte saturne..yernþ in onelepi daye mid þe firmament..ase he deþ ine þritti yer ine his oȝene sercle and ine his oȝene yerninge.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)255/11 : Þe melle wyþoute scluse..alne-way went be þe yernynge of þe wetere.
c
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B)207/4 : Þeos wyrt..scordios..Wið þa ȝerinnincge þæs wyrmses abota þa breost..syle dicȝean [OE þicȝean] anne cuculere fulne.