Middle English Dictionary Entry
maunǧerī(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | maunǧerī(e n. Also mangeri(e, mangeriȝe, mangrie, mangere. |
| Etymology | OF mangerie |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A feast, banquet; ceremonial meal; paschal supper; celebrations with entertainment and feasting; maken (a) ~, to hold or give a feast; feast; (b) a meal; sharing or partaking of food; maken..~, to eat.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.409 : They haueþ in greet mangerie [Higd.(2): festes; L conviviis] Harpe, tabor, and pype for mynstralcie.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)15198 : Yee sai..Þat he yow wald len sum place To mak vr mangeri [Trin-C: maungery].
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)11.107 : Multi to a maungerye and to þe mete were sompned.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1365 : Alle þe grete..schulde geder hem samen..at þe saudans fest. Such a mangerie to make þe man watz avised.
- c1410(c1350) Gamelyn (Hrl 7334)434 : We schul haue a mangery right on Sonday. Abbotes and priours many heer schal be.
- a1425(?a1350) 7 Sages(2) (Glb E.9)277 : Þai made grete mirth and mangery..Þare was grete welth at þaire wedyng.
- a1425(?c1375) NHom.(3) Leg.(Hrl 4196)20/37 : Abbanes to þe feste was bed..Þare was ful faire maungeri And grete mirth of sere menistralsi.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.4 : Þis grete soper is the grete mangery þat seintis in hevene shall eten of Goddis bord.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)21359 : Men with men to mangerie [L festiuos dies] cum, Women with women þoru custum.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)24 : Gestoures..dos of hem gestes At Mangeres and at grete ffestes.
- c1440(c1350) Octav.(1) (Thrn)198 : Þere duellyne þe kynges samene..At þat mawngery [vr. mangery] With gud myrthis..Tille þe seuenyghte was gone.
- c1440(a1400) Eglam.(Thrn)1360 : With myrthe þat mangery was made; Fowrtty dayes it habade.
- c1440 Degrev.(Thrn)1159 : A haurand..prayes all þat cheualry To souppe at þat maungery [vr. maungerye].
- c1440 Degrev.(Thrn)1866 : Þe wyne in condyths rane, Fra þe mawngery by-gan.
- c1450(c1353) Winner & W.(Add 31042)304 : Thou durste neuer Mawngery ne myndale, ne neuer myrthe louediste.
- a1500(?c1400) Triam.(Cmb Ff.2.38)1634 : They crowned Tryamowre..there was a grete mangery, There as so many were mett.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)153/40 : Wher ben thay that helde the grete festes and grete mangries makid?
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)214/343 : Lo, here a chambre fast by, Ther-in to make youre mangery, I shal warand fare strewed.
- c1500 Libeaus (Ashm 61)285/2192b : Syr Lybeus moder so fre Come to þat mangerre.
b
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)15.582 : How he men fested, With two fisshes and fyve loues, fyue thousande peple; And bi þat maungerye men miȝte wel se þat Messye he semed.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)24796 : The Cloþes weren sprad, and setten forth swich mete as they had..So wenten they forth to her Mangerye.
- a1450 SLeg.Suppl.Bod.(Bod 779)336/115 : He ne eet no he ne drank no day ar eue..þan he wolde ech day make his mangeryȝe, & þus he chastid his body.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)299/208 : ij fisshis blissid he..And gaffe þame, and þer none was for-getyn..Of such anodir mangery noman mene may.