Middle English Dictionary Entry
louing(e ger.(3)
Entry Info
| Forms | louing(e ger.(3) Also (early) lowung, (error) lowinde. |
| Etymology | OE hlōwung |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The mooing or bawling of cattle: also, similar sounds made by other animals.
Associated quotations
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)143 : Ha iherde a swuch nurð..lowinge [vrr. lowung, lowinde] of þet ahte, ludinge of þe men.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)297a/a : Monoceron..haþ heuy lowyng and oon horne..in þe myddil of þe forhed.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)301a/a : Desyre of kyn is yknowe..by hire lowyng, ffor kyne lowen whanne þey ben a bolyynge.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)42b/b : Mugitus: lowynge or rowtynge.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)17964 : Thei broght tho many boles & bores, With lowyng & with loude rores.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.5355 : [He] herde lowyng that his oxes made.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)315 : Lowynge, or cryynge of nette: Mugitus.
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)70/16 : Berkynge of houndes, louynge of oxon, plesez more gode than prayer of lechours.