Middle English Dictionary Entry
līting(e ger.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | līting(e ger.(1) |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Also (early) litunge. (a) The act or process of coloring; esp. dyeing; (b) that which is colored, the arms painted on a shield; ?also, the pigments used.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 Ancr.Recl.(Pep 2498)100/9 : Teyntoure of here beiȝes, liteinge browes, whinering..hem vp ward.
- (1417) J.Dernell in Nrf.Archaeol.15130 : Item, v ȝerdis of bever, price ij s., for horse housis..Item, for letyng of yo Bever, x d.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)308 : Lytynge [Win: Lyttyng] of clothe: Tinctura.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)74b : Lyttinge [Monson: a Littynge]: tinctura.
b
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)200/20-1 : I scheld beoð þreo þinges: þe treo & te leðer & te litunge [Tit: litinge; Nero: peintunge; Recl.: colours]. Alswa wes i þis scheld þe treo of þe rode, þet leðer of godes licome, þe litunge of þe reade blod þet heowede hire se feire.