Middle English Dictionary Entry
quẹ̄ming(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | quẹ̄ming(e ger. Also quemeing, kueminge. |
| Etymology | OE cwēm-ing |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The action of pleasing; obligingness, compliance; (b) pleasure.
Associated quotations
a
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)26/25 : Þe ilke ssame comþ of kueade kuemynge þet me wyle kueme þe kueade.
b
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)146.11 : Noght in strenghþe ofehors sal he haue wille, Ne in schines ofe man queminge bes him tille.
2.
(a) Placating, pacification; (b) that by which God may be placated, expiatory offering.
Associated quotations
a
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)420 : Qwemynge, or peesynge, supra: Pacificacio.
b
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)48.7 : He ne shal nouȝt ȝeuen to God his quemeyng [L placationem].
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)48.7 : Noght gif his queming to god he sal, And worth of againbijnge of his saule to wende.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (1449) Metham AC (Gar 141)275 : On kneys doune hym set and for this preysyng gan race In magnyfying the gloryus chyualry stellygerat In qwemyng off Venus and Mars.
Note: Additional quot. for sense 2.(a). Gloss: 'reconciliation, satisfaction.'