Middle English Dictionary Entry
nākening(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | nākening(e ger. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Laying bare of flesh or tissue; (b) disclosure, revelation.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)29a/a : In naknyng of a bone herisipla is an yuel signe.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)42b/b : Mouyng & nakenyng [Ch.(2): makynge bare; L denudatio] of þe bone letteþ consolidacioun.
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)248 : A Nakynynge: nudacio.
b
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ecclus.11.29 : Þe malice of oon hour makeþ..in þe ende of a man ful nakenynge [orig.: openynge; WB(2): makyng nakid] of þe werkis of hym.