Middle English Dictionary Entry
mūsing(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | mūsing(e ger. Also mouseng. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Pondering, musing; meditation, thought; (b) study, investigation; ?querying, questioning, discussion [quot.: a1425(c1395)]; (c) the act of gazing.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)6.126 : With musinge of min oghne thoght..So drunke I am, that mi wit faileth.
- (?a1430) Hoccl.Virg.& Chr.(Hnt HM 111)2 : I walkid in the monthe of May Besyde a groue in an heuy musynge.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)491 : Generydes stode still in grete musyng.
- a1500 Solomon seyth (Trin-C O.9.38)9 : Demyng' and mvsyng' over ferre, Meny mennys wyttys it settisse yn erre.
- a1500 St.Anne(3) (Tan 407)376 : Why wold god hym self be born in wedlake..of þis mater many men mowseng þei make.
b
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Deeds 28.29 : Whanne he hadde seid these thingis, Jewis wenten out fro hym, and hadden myche questioun, ethir musyng [WB(1): seking], among hem silf.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)7973 : Þys wyse maistres þer bokes kest, Why þat werk ne wolde nought lest; Þey fondyt þenne in þer musyng, A gret selcouþ.
c
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)106 : But in musinge [F en musant], j sygh resoun on that oother side.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. musing.