Middle English Dictionary Entry
lẹ̄ming(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | lẹ̄ming(e ger. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A radiance, glowing; blazing, flashing of fire, light, lightning; thonder ~, q.v.; (b) name of a horse.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)114b/b : Þey he [the sun] be not hoot of himself, he hath vertue of hetinge, of lemynge [L inflammatiuam], & of brennynge.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)168a/b : Synay is a..Mount of lyȝtenynge and of lemynge [L fulguris et coruscationis].
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)198 : Glemynge, or lemynge of lyghte: Conflagracio, flammacio.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)296 : Lemynge, or lowynge of fyyre: Flammacio.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.173 : Thow graunt hym lord be lemyng of þi light, Clerly in þe þat he may sette hys mynde.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)104/34 : They sawe a leemynge of lyȝt as it hadde ben bemys of fyre passe out fro his face.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)205/28 : They behelde the signe of the crosse in heuene schyne with grete briȝtnys as a lemynge.
b
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)10/42 : Mall and stott, will ye not go? Lemyng, morell, white-horne, Io!
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.17vb (1.4) : Vryn of man hathe euermore a lymyng of briȝtnesse in him, bi which it is alwaie eþe for to knowe.
Note: Additional quot., sense (a).