Middle English Dictionary Entry
quēthing ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | quēthing ger. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The act of bequeathing; (b) something bequeathed, a bequest.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(?c1384) Wycl.50 HFriars (Bod 647)373 : By beggynge, byqueethyng, by birying, by salaries and trentals..[they] cryen evere after worldly godis.
b
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)577/30 : Robert..playned, shewyng to hym that the abbot of Oseneye..vpon tythes, possessions, quethyngis, and other thynges, wronged the same.