Middle English Dictionary Entry
pē̆sing(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | pē̆sing(e ger. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A settling, reconciling; calming; peacemaking, pacification; maken ~, to make peace.
Associated quotations
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)5819 : Þe wise of þisse londe makede paisinge [Clg: hustinge] and makede heom isehte.
- (1425) RParl.4.268b : Ye pesinge of diverse cleymes and demaundes, beyng betwene my Lordes ye Erles Mareschall and Warwyk, for a place in yis high Court of Parlement.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)395 : Peesynge, or qwemynge: Pacificacio.
- (1443) Proc.Privy C.5.248 : He, hering of certaine mysgoevernances in þe Kynges citee of Sarum, yede þider in persone for þe peesing of it.
- (1447) Shillingford34 : He hath writen to John Copleston..for the same communicacion to be hadde for the gode ende and peasyng of the seide maters.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)95a : Pesynge: delincio, delinicio, delinimentum, compessio, pacificacio, placacio, sedacio.