Middle English Dictionary Entry
nẹ̄sing(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | nẹ̄sing(e ger. Also nezing. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The act of sneezing; a sneeze.
Associated quotations
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Job 41.9 : His bodi [is] as ȝoten sheeldis..His neesing [L Sternutatio] shynyng of fijr.
- (?a1390) Daniel *Herbal (Add 27329)f.4rb : Occimus .. stamped & drunk or poured in þe nasethirles, it lettetz nesyng.
- c1400 Daniel *Herbal (Arun 42)f.44r : Of basilicon comown or of basilicon or ozym comown .. seyn Serapyon & Dyascorides þat .. if it be smelled, it disposyth to nesyng. & whanne on nesith þerof, hym moste streynyn his eyȝen þerwhyles.
- (1440) *Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)278 : With þat nezyng..he cast The grete ereyn rith oute at his nose.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)354 : Nesynge: Sternutacio.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)18/3 : Tothewerk, Nesyng, Talent of mete.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)5.389 : A mervellous pestilence..was so soore that thei were infecte in the way..pereschenge moche peple in yoskenge or nesynge.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)85a : A Neysyng..sternutacio.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.90va (3.4) : Corexa is a reume in the hede, passand out by þe noseþirle and þerwiþ nesyng amonge.
Note: Need date. ?New phrase. Editor's gloss: ~ amonge 'sneezing at intervals'.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. neezing.