Middle English Dictionary Entry
lọ̄sing(e ger.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | lọ̄sing(e ger.(2) Also laucing, lausing, lousing(e. |
| Etymology | From lọ̄sen v.(3) |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Untying of knots, bonds, etc.; (b) freeing from prison, adversity, sin, etc.; (c) letting fly an arrow; (d) separation, divorce.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1334 : Þen brek þay þe bale, þe balez [read: bouelez] out token, Lystily for laucyng & [read: þe] bere [read: lere] of þe knot.
- (1415) Doc.Conspir.Hen.V in D.K.R.43587 : Ye mon shulde cum agayn on Tiseday to tel ye way of yair lawsyng.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.134 : Nature..be bondes þat hauen no lowsynges [vr. lesyngis; L inresoluto..nexu], Full sikerly sche byndeþ and constreyneth.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)75b : Lowsynge: dinodacio.
b
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)12/324 : If so that ye..my request lust not graunten me In losyng of my gret aduersite.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)5 : He biddiþ þe same to alle successors of Petre, as als in Petir a gaf to hem power of bindyng and lowsing.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apost.(Dub 245)437 : As þe pope feyneþ, he byndiþ to-day and lousiþ tomorewe; and so in byndyng and lowsyng ben many fals gabbyngis.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)178/35,179/1 : God..ȝaue to hym power of byndyng and lowsynge..And þerfore in tyme of his solempnite, we worschepe hym that he gete vs lowsynge fro bondes of synnes.
c
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)7797 : The Archer..drow an Arwe vp to the vale; And as he was In his losyng, Diomedes..smot his bak in-sunder.
d
- (1357) Gaytr.LFCatech.(Yk-Borth R.I.11)345 : Matirmonye..is a lawefull festenyng betwix man and woman..for to lyve samen Withouten ony lousyng to thair life lastes.
2.
Surg. (a) The removal of bandages or compresses, untying of stitches, etc.; (b) cutting or breaking of continuous tissue, breaking of a bone; ~ of continuhede, breaking of continuity or connection; (c) opening the bowels; (d) dissipation of a gathering; (e) turning from morbid to healthy bodily constituents; (f) freeing of a piece of bone.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)89b/a : For þe lousinge of þe pointes þu schalt vnderstonde two þingis.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)127b/b : In tyme of lousinge & chaunging of þe wounde..let not þe wounde exspire.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)69b/b : The wounde may be chaungede when it is nede wiþ oute lousynge of all the byndinge.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)87b/b : Þou muste maken smale wikettis þoruȝ þe strictorijs..þoruȝ whiche wikettis þou myȝt euery day visiten þi wounde wiþouten lousynge of þi strictorie.
- c1475 *Mondeville (Wel 564)151a/b : Two þingis owen to be considerid in lowsynges of þe sticchis: The firste is tyme of þe remeuyngis. The secunde is of þe maner of remevyng.
- c1475 *Mondeville (Wel 564)151b/b : Þis is þe maner of þe lowsynge of þe sticchis: schere þi þreed atweyne euene by þe knotte.
b
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)54a/b : The spices of loosynge of contynuhede taken here strongeste differences of þre þinges.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)54b/b : Of woundes and of loosynge of contynuhede.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)100a/a : Brekynge forsoþe of þe bone..is cleped euery solucioun, i. lousynge of contynuhede, made in þe bone.
c
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)73/16 : No tyme ys bettir to latyng of blood..lousynge of wombe, vse of bathynge and swetynge.
d
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)109b/b : Sekenesses of ioyntes..enden ofte tyme by resolucioun, i. by lousynge, or by hardenynge.
e
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)97b/a : Softe chaufinge medecynes, þe whiche maken superfluyte of blode to swage softely..in resoluynge, i. lousynge.
f
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)99b/a : To þe tyme þat þe bone þat schal be disseuerd mowe be take aweie wiþ lousinge & steringe to & fro with þi leuatorie.
3.
Pathol. (a) loosening of a tooth or bone in its socket [= losninge ger.]; (b) a morbid loosening or slackening of tissues; (c) ?flacidity [= sense 3.(b)]; ?dilution or thinning (of the blood).
Associated quotations
a
- (?a1390) Daniel *Herbal (Add 27329)f. 203rb : For losyng of teth: medle ladan & mastik togidre & do about þe iowes & þe teth within & withoute & þat maketh teth stedefast.
- ?1482 Rev.Monk Eynsham685 : Some were al to-raysd with fyry naylys vnto the bonys and to the lowsing of her ioyntys.
b
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)441/26 : To þe lousynges [*Ch.(1): relaxingez; L relaxationes] and to þe grevaunces of the eyghe liddes.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)446/5 : Of fallynge and of loosyng of the eyghe liddes: Lousynge [*Ch.(1): Relaxing; L relaxatio].
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)491/20 : A maner of Lousynge.
c
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)548/36 : In þenne blode…it [ventosing] is no nede, for-whye it were to be dradde of ouer mykel lousynge [*Ch.1: resolucioun] and feblenesse.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Example in sense 3.(c) is evidently not 'loss' (i.e. losinge ger.(1)), but something like ?flacidity or ?dilution i.e. thinning (of the blood). For sense 3.(a) cp. OED loosing, n. 2. 'The making or rendering loose in a socket or the like; the untying (of a knot)' (also cp. losning, ger.).
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. loosing.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense 2.(b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. loosing of continuehead.