Middle English Dictionary Entry
nekking ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | nekking ger. |
| Etymology | Cp. nekke n. & MnE neck v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A blow or slap on the neck.
Associated quotations
- a1500 Mirror Salv.(Beeleigh)p.106 : In this ffasscicle of mirre ware bonden samen paynes alle Of hire [Mary's] dere..son passionne..The buffetts, reproves, neckings [L Alapae, colaphi, opprobria].
- a1500 Mirror Salv.(Beeleigh)p.150 : Jhu, for thi paynes..Thy contumelye and neckyng, buffets and bespitting [L contumeliam colaphorum, alaparum et sputorum], My wikkidnesse forgif me.