Middle English Dictionary Entry
nǒmbring(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | nǒmbring(e ger. Also noumbring(e, numbringe, numberinge, noumeringe. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A census; catalog, list; (b) act or process of counting; (c) the number of letters in an alphabet, an alphabetical system; (d) computation; reckoning; craft of ~, arithmetic; (e) a group of carvers.
Associated quotations
a
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)1398 : Aboute ierusalem þis noumbringe he bigan.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)2 Par.2.17 : Salamon noumbrede alle þe men comelyngis..after þe noumbryng þat dauiþ his fadir noumbrede.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)2 Esd.7.5 : I fond þe booc of þe noumbring of hem þat hadden steȝed vp first.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)149a/a : Þer ar to be ministred þingz mynushyng þe stone..Of cathologo, i. nombryng of which is decoccioun of cicerum.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)121b/a : Tyme is noumbre and tale, noumbringe and tellinge.
- c1425 Found.St.Barth.26/19 : She..her-self trowynge to haue errid in numberynge, began to telle ageyne.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)360 : Nowmerynge: Numeracio.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)488 : Tellynge, or nowmerynge: Numeracio.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)41b : In legiouns..many scoles and offices..nediþ to haue gouernours of lettrid kniȝtes þat ben kunnynge in numbringe of þe puple and castynge of acountes.
c
- (a1382) WBible(1) Prol.Kings (Bod 959)10 : In þe booc forsoþe of Nowmbris þis same nowmbryng [vr. noumbre; L supputatio]..is schewed.
d
- (a1382) WBible(1) Prol.Kings (Bod 959)65 : Þese bookis in þeir nowmbre þei wenyn to ben to noumbrynge.
- ?c1425 Craft Number.(Eg 2622)4 : Þis boke tretys þe Craft of Nombryng, þe quych crafte is called also Algorym.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)41b : It nediþ to hem þat ben cheseres of kniȝtes..to take hede..to kunnynge and wisdom of noumbringe and acountys castyng.
e
- a1450 Terms Assoc.(1) (Rwl D.328)604 : A nombrynge of keruers.