Middle English Dictionary Entry
minsing ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | minsing ger. Also menesing. |
| Etymology | ?OE *mynsung 'remembering', from myne 'mind, memory' or gemyne 'mindful' (Rushw.Gospels, Mat. 5.23); modeled upon clǣne adj. -- clǣnsung, hrēow n. & adj. -- hrēowsung, mǣre adj. -- mǣrsung, yrre n. & adj. -- yrsung, etc. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Remembrance, memory; (b) mention, record.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.201 : Þi misdede bi in þi mynsyng [F memore], Euer more to drede.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)326 : Of hym ys mynsyng wiþ-outen ende, ffor he made a cite of ioye.
b
- c1440(?a1400) St.John (Thrn)34 : Thi modir highte Mary, swylk menesyng men mase.