Middle English Dictionary Entry
lēving(e ger.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | lēving(e ger.(1) Also lewinge, lefinge, leffinge. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A remnant, remainder; (b) in pl.: traces, consequences, results; (c) what is rejected; a vomit; (d) a bequest.
Associated quotations
a
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)73/33 : Guo in-to purgatoriie..nou hi doþ þer þe leuinge of hare penonce.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)20.12 : Þou shalt make rady her semblant in þy leuinges [L in reliquiis].
- ?c1425 Craft Number.(Eg 2622)18/31 : Whan þou hast þus ydo medye þat þe quych leues..þe quych leuynge schalle be 3.
- (1433) Will York in Sur.Soc.3041 : If ye saide Johne..dy with inne age, yan will I yat levyng of his parte and of myne begiffen to my wife.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)52 : Brocale, or lewynge of mete: Fragmentum.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)48.468 : To aleyn token they..the leveng Of that fisch.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)3.113 : Nabugodonosor hade..brouȝhte from Egipte the leuenges [Trev.: þe relyf; L reliquias] of Israel and of Iuda.
- c1475(c1450) Idley Instr.(Cmb Ee.4.37)1.1024 : After the feste God hymsilf badde Gedre the leuyngis, that they be not loste.
- c1475 Mankind (Folg V.a.354)360 : Take a goode carte in herwest, & lode yt with yowur corne, Ande what xall we gyf yow for þe levynge?
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)p.496 : I soght the lefynge [L residuum] of my ȝeris.
- a1500 PParv.(KC 8)39 : Levynge or relef: [Hrl 221: Reliquia].
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)39b/a : Of macula & vistigio, i. of spottez & merkez or leuyngez þat foloweþ þise [bothorez & vesic], it shal be said..in þe 6a. boke.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)163a/a : [Cauterie] correcteþ & amendeþ þe reliquiez, i. leuyngez [*Ch.(2): relikes; L reliquias], of þe forseid euacuacionz.
c
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)5.363 : Is non so hungri hounde in Hertford schire Durst lape of þe leuynges.
d
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)148/6 : Londys..which þe same Abbesse..had of þe ȝyfte & levyng of þe foresayde Iohn.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)545/3 : His other pertynentis the which the..religious women have..of the leuyng of the forsaid Mylitende.
2.
(a) Omission, neglect, neglecting; ~ of (undon), omission; also, an omission; (b) cessation, surcease; (c) abandonment, rejection; giving up, renunciation.
Associated quotations
a
- a1425(?c1384) Wycl.Church (Bod 788)350 : He shulde be holde apostata þat lefte his abite for a day, but for leevyng of dedis of charite shulde he noþing be blamed.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)107b/b : Gluttrie, dronkenez..leuyng of [*Ch.(2): levynge; L omissio] of excercise..makeþ numerable podagrez.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)124b/a : Adustyue hete & leuyng of [*Ch.(2): levynge; L dimissio] of bathz..declyneþ to blackenez.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)149/34 : Sche haþ sich conscience of leuynge vnseid þe psalmys and pater noster.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)130 : Ech of þyn ordynauncis haþ..his ful parfite eende but if þe receiver wilfully lette hym silf bi leving of or not worchyng þe meenys leedyng to þis eende.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)198 : Þou biddist alle good dedis..and her contrarie yuelis and her leevingis of, þou forbedist.
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)28/1 : Ther-to es wyth-drauynge of foode of saule, levynge [L omissio] of prechynge of goddes word.
- (c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)2/19 : Oure synnes ben not ellis þan þe leuyngis of þo vertues vndoon.
- (1469-72) Acc.St.Andrew Hubbard in BMag.31527 : Resceyued of Richard for leuyng of the Chaleys, viij d.
- a1475 I knowlech to god (Rwl B.408)65 : Al þis I knowlech in general, Of synnes doyng, and leuyng good werkes.
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)212 : A Lefynge: omissio.
b
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)10/14 : We with-outen ende with criste sall be glad gif we with-outen leffynge [L incessanter] lufe hym in þis lyfe.
c
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)334/24 : I do þis to make me mor..sad when I parte with þaim, at my mede may be þe mor for þe levyng of þaim.
- (c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)16/1 : No man haþ cause..to compleyne him, for no man schal constreyne him to leerne it, neiþer þerbi he schal be lettid fro þe leuyng of it.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.57ra (2.7) : The myd plie [of the brain]..is callede..þe racionatif..it is 'calida' and 'humida,' þat by þo qualites it schulde þe better conformen him to þe propurtes of þinges in knowyng and in demyng, i. in chesing þe gode and leuing þe wicked.
Note: Additional quot., sense 2.(c). Editor's gloss: 'leaving, abandoning'.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: The 1469 quote from Acc.St.Andrew Hubbard under sense 2.(a) presumably represents the receipt of a fine for neglect (of some kind) of the chalice. This interpretation is confirmed later in the same accounts: "the patent of the said Chalyce was lost in defaut of Richard now Clerk of the said Chirch" (p. 34).