Middle English Dictionary Entry
pingen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | pingen v. Also pinǧen, pinge, pinken & pung(en; p. pingde, pungde, puinde & (error) pugde; ppl. i)punged. |
| Etymology | OE pyngan (from L) & L pungere. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To push (a door), batter; shove (sb.); ~ adoun, thrust (sb.) down; (b) to pierce or stab (sb. or sth.); also fig. ; ~ in (upon); ~ on, punch holes in (sth.); (c) to spur (a horse); goad (sb.), urge, incite; ~ forth, goad (sb.) forward; (d) ben pinged, to be stricken with remorse.
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 Horn (LdMisc 108)62/1117 : He pugde [read: pungde; Cmb: þreu] hym ofer þe brigge.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)1248 : As sche wolde þe dore to-breke, sche gan þo hebbe & pynge [rime: þynge].
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)9.88 : Dobest..beriþ a bisshopis croce, Is hokid at þat on ende to holde men in good lif; A pik is in þat potent to pungen [vrr. punge, pynge; punchin] adoun þe wykkide.
b
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)11943 : Arður ut mid his sweorde..puinden [Otho: pungde] uppen Frolle þer he wes an ulode.
- a1350 Ne mai no lewed (Hrl 2253)25 : Heo pynkes wiþ heore penne on heore parchemyn.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Judith 16.14 : Þe sones of child wymmen pungeden [WB(2): prickiden] hem, & as children fleeynge sloowen hem.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Prov.12.18 : Þer is þat behoteþ, & as wiþ a swerd is punged [vr. pungid; WB(2): prickid; L pungitur] to þe consience.
- (a1382) WBible(1) Pref.Jer.(Bod 959)9.21 : Men schullen seen in whome þey han ypungyd [WB(2): thorouȝ persid; L compunxerunt].
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Roy 1.B.6)Apoc.1.7 : He cometh with cloudis, and ech iȝe shal see him, and thei that pungeden or prickeden [L pupugerunt] him.
- c1440 ?Rolle þi ioy (Thrn)60 : Be-halde his bludy flesche, His heide pungede [vr. prikked] with thorne.
c
- c1330 Otuel (Auch)779 : Oliuer nolde no lengere a-bide; He pingde his stede wiþ spores kene.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)2430 : Ys feye blod him gan to pynge and ful on hure anon, And hent hure by þe middel faste.
- a1400(?a1325) Bonav.Medit.(1) (Hrl 1701)567 : Þey punged hym furþe þurgh euery slogh, As an hors ys prykked þat goþ yn plogh.
d
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Ps.29.13 : That to thee singe my glorie, and I shal not be pungid [vr. to-pungid; WB(2): compunct; L compungar].