Middle English Dictionary Entry
aventing ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | aventing ger. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Relief from pressure; (b) release of pent-up emotions or physical desires, relief.
Associated quotations
a
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)14332 : I swolle gret as any tonne..Ne wer, I hadde som aventyng To make the wynd fro me twynne..al wer lorn.
b
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)345 : No neede in þe world is..as in nature or kynde, forto ordeyne matrimonye into remedies of aventing mennys bodies.
- c1425(a1400) Wycl.Pseudo-F.(Dub 245)319 : It were good to many men þat ben closid in þise ordris þat þei disporteden hem in þe world, for siche auentyng many times fordoiþ enuye, ire & lust.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)115a/b : For bi þis mennys seiynge it sueþ þat if þe humouris hadden not no sich purgacioun ne aventynge, þei schulden turne aȝen into þe spiritual membris and so schorten þe pacientis lijf.
Note: Supplemental material for (a)