Middle English Dictionary Entry
mōting ger.
Entry Info
Forms | mōting ger. |
Etymology | Cp. L mōtio & OF mocïon. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
?Moving, movement: (a) the starting or rousing of a hart; undon ~, to retrace one's steps so as to leave the hart undisturbed; (b) ?moving or uprooting ash trees; ?ditching around the trees [cp. moten v.(1)].
Associated quotations
a
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)84 : If it be an hert þat þe lymer fyndeþ of..hym ouȝt to sewe wiþ as litel noyse as he may, controugle, to vndo al his motyng til he fynde his fumes.
b
- (1473) Acc.Yatton in Som.RS 4109 : [For] motyng of the Asschys, xx d.