Middle English Dictionary Entry
merveilling ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | merveilling ger. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Wonderment; haven ~, to be amazed; (b) a wonderful thing, a wonder.
Associated quotations
a
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)1597 : Of merveilles j schal tellen the..of whiche thow wylt haue gret merveyllyng.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)14144 : Thus Reskwed was Leodagan the kyng, whiche to hym was ful gret merveyllyng.
- a1450 St.Kath.(3) (Richardson 44)40 : Þe spirit of god..hath turned vs alle in suche stonyynge and merueylyng þat, [etc.].
b
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)5563 : Now went Porus..Wiþ Kyng Alisaunder ouere al Ynde To shewe hym þe merueilynges Of men, of bestes, of oþer þinges.