Middle English Dictionary Entry
baiting ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | baiting ger. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Baiting (of bears, bulls, etc.) with dogs; ~ rop, a rope for tying an animal to be baited; (b) harassment, bothering.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)199 : Þere was..Of lyons chace, of bere baityng.
- (1406-7) Rec.Norwich 254 : [For a] baytyngrope, [22 d].
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)65 : Wiþ such [alaunts] men helpeþ hem at þe baityng of a boole..bochers houndis..byn good for þe batyng of þe bole.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)29 : Beytynge of bestys wyth howndys: Exagitacio.
- (1475) Doc.in HMC Rep.5 App.494b : Payd..to a berewarde..for baytynge of the berys, for a stake to tey them by.
b
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)10894 : Þe prest..shal hem [his parishioners] chastyse with smert speche, with small baytynges and nat with wreche.
- a1500(?a1400) Torrent (Chet 8009)1008 : Let thy beytyng and thy Ermyght be, And come prove thy strenghe on me.
2.
Feeding (of a horse).
Associated quotations
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)29 : Beytynge of horse: Pabulacio.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (1456-7) Doc.in Wasson Devon99 : In argento dato Carnifis’ Exoniensis pro le baytyng cuiusdam Tauri apud le boleryng ex antiqua consuetudine xij d.
Note: New date in 1.(a)