Middle English Dictionary Entry
lūding(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | lūding(e n. Also loudinge. |
| Etymology | Cp. OE hlȳdan; also Nhb. lȳdeng. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Noise, shouting.
Associated quotations
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)10715 : Þa iherde þe king mucle ludinge [Otho: luding] in Lundene; stureden þa leoden.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)24873 : Þa seten adun alle þa duȝeðe on heore benche, and þa luding [Otho: loudinge] alæid.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)144 : Ha iherde..ludinge [Roy: luding] of þe men gleowinge of euch gleo.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)2320 : Heo..lokede aȝeinward, for ludinge þet ha herde.