Middle English Dictionary Entry
plēting(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | plēting(e ger. Also (errors) pletine, pleintinge. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Legal pleading, litigation, lawsuit; ~ hous, a courtroom; (b) argument, debate, dispute; (c) conversation, discussion.
Associated quotations
a
- ?c1400 Chaucer Bo.(Add 10340)3.pr.3.[73].1933 : Whennes comen ellys alle þise..quereles of pletyngus, But for þat men axen aȝeine her moneye þat haþ be by-nomen hem.
- c1430(c1380) Chaucer PF (Benson-Robinson)495 : Whan shal youre cursede pletynge have an ende? How sholde a juge eyther parti leve?
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)345 : Motynge or tolyynge or pleytynge:..placitacio.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)405 : Pletynge howse, or place: Placitorium.
- ?c1450(?a1400) Wycl.Clergy HP (Lamb 551)373 : Þe clergi will sai here þat all her..stryuynge, pletynge, chydynge, and fiȝtynge is for the ryȝte of holy chirche.
- a1475 Form Excom.(2) (Rwl B.408)2/16 : Þo þat lettith..partyes þat ben wrothe or in stryvyng or in pletyng to be made at oone ben acursed.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)1.277 : Seruyl wark is..don principaly for temporel lucre..as beyyng, sellyng..pletynge, motynge, [etc.].
- c1550(?a1475) Lament.Sinner (Rwl C.813)92 : Ther shall noo lordes ffor you praye, noo justice, nor noo man off lawe..your pleting [vr. pletyne] ys nott worthe a hawe.
b
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)163/23 : Be wytnesse ne by playtinge me ne proueþ naȝt þet he by guod knyȝt, ac be moche dede of armes.
- (1395) Wycl.37 Concl.(Tit D.1)152 : Antecrist..bringith in symonie, strijf, and pleetinge.
- 1425(a1400) Spec.Chr.(1) (Lnsd 344)87/1 : These are synnys of þe mouthe..Unskilful pletinge [vr. pleatynge], Uayn arguing, ffoli lauȝing.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)345 : Motynge or tolyynge or pleytynge: Disceptacio.
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)149 : In þis pletyng be twix mariage and uirginite, sche consentid..to receyue cristendam and eke to kepe hir bodi clene.
- c1450 Capgr.St.Kath.(Arun 396)2.1496 : This..book..treteth of þe pleyntynge [read: pleytynge] Be-twyxe the queen and alle hir lygemen.
- c1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Tbr A.7)19057 : Thow art..Besy also..To hoolde with me a parlement, By langage and longe pletyng.
c
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)11619 : Jn the time of this talking cometh Vlphyn..and herde the pletyng of hem two, hou kyng Ban to Merlyn spak tho.