Middle English Dictionary Entry
mīting n.
Entry Info
| Forms | mīting n. Also mitting, mighting. |
| Etymology | Prob. from mīte n.(2). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) An infant, a young child; youth; (b) as a term of contempt: little fellow, shrimp; (c) as adj.: small; ?niggardly.
Associated quotations
a
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)141/113 : With þat mytyng, yf þat we be mette, Þer is no salue þat hym may saue.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)115/477 : Hayll, maker of man! Hayll, swetyng..hayll, praty mytyng!
- 1607(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hrl 2124)139/167 : Such a lad in land no-where is; blow a note for that mytting.
b
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)296/110 : Why, menys þou þat þat myghtyng schulde my myghtes marre?
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)303/305 : Heris þou not what y saie þe? Þou mummeland myghtyng!
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)306/396 : Lede fourth þat mytyng, euyll motte he the!
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)286/240 : Make myrth of that mytyng full mekyll we may, And haue lykyng of oure lyfe for los of that lad.
c
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)316/305 : Thus schall I [Judas] marke my mytyng meede..To spille my selffe nowe wille I spede.