Middle English Dictionary Entry
midding n.
Entry Info
| Forms | midding n. Also miding. |
| Etymology | ON; cp. Dan. modding, Swed. dial. mödding, from *mykdyngja; cp. OI myki 'dung' & MnIcel. dyngja 'dunghill'. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A dunghill, manure pile; (b) as a type of something vile; ~ pit, a dung pit; (c) in place name [see Smith PNElem. 2.40].
Associated quotations
a
- a1425(?a1350) 7 Sages(2) (Glb E.9)2663 : Þe thoght þou saw in þi myding A faire well and water vp spryng.
- a1425(?a1350) 7 Sages(2) (Glb E.9)2669 : In þi midding þis find þou may.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.458 : Thy wyn seler..fer from ostis, bath, & stable, Middyng [L sterquiliniis] cisterne, & thyngis euerychon That euel smelle.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.750 : Thy myddyng, sette hit weete, as hit may rote And sauour nought.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)85/296 : Oure beestis lyes dede and dry, Als wele on myddyng als on more.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)14343 : He had no howse in forto dwell..bot in þat mydyng muke omell, þor was his toure als for his tyd.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)435/23 : Saynt Gregor commandid he sulde be beryd in a myddyng.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)80b : A Myddyng: sterquilinium.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)34/376 : I will not, for thi bydyng, go from doore to mydyng.
b
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)628 : A fouler myddyng saw þow never nane Þan a man es.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)8770 : Alle þis world..War noght bot als a myddyng-pytt To regard of þat contre.
c
- (1333) in Mawer PNNhb.& Dur.24 : Blacmyddingmore.
- (1360) in Mawer PNNhb.& Dur.24 : Blakmyddingmore.