Middle English Dictionary Entry
quī̆ting(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | quī̆ting(e ger. Also quhiteng. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A release from a debt, discharge of a debt; an act of releasing from prison; remission of sin; also, acquittal [quot.: c1443]; (b) compensation, recompense; requital, vengeance; (c) law an exemption from a rent or service; (d) behavior, activity.
Associated quotations
a
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)114/1 : Iesu crist ous tekþ zuo to oxi uoryeuenesse and quittinge [Vices & V.(2): acquitaunce; F quitance] huanne we biddeþ oure guode uader..þet he ous uoryue [read: uoryeue] our misdedes.
- a1400 12 PTrib.(1) (Roy 17.B.17)54 : Þo sext profite of tribulacion is þat hit is gyuen to quytyng of þi dettis in þo whilke þou art bounden to god.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)409 : Who so..wole long..lie stille in beggyng vpon þee to..forȝeue..hise synnes..and ful litil labore in oþere maner of quytyng or pardoun deseruyng, he muste needis..be putt a bak from his entent.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)67 : Ensaumple of þe first maner is þis: feding, cloþing..oute of prisoun quytyng, biriyng, [etc.].
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)136/142 : Al the thoughtes, besy doinges, and plesaunce in thy might and in thy wordes that thou canst devyse ben but right litel in quytinge of thy dette.
b
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.125 : Kyng Henry..made suget þerto Cantebriggeschire, þat was raþer a party of þe bisshopriche of Lyncolne; And for quytynge [Higd.(2): in a recompensacion] þerof he ȝaf to þe bisshop of Lyncolne a real citee þat hatte Spaldynge.
- (a1402) Trev.DCur.(Hrl 1900)79/1 : Þe synne of procuryng of leue wiþ vnbuxumnesse & breking of her owne reule bryngeþ to hem euel quytyng.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Is.59.18 : As to veniaunce, as to ȝeldyng of indignacioun to hise enemyes, and to quityng of tyme [L vicissitudinem] to hise aduersaries, he schal ȝelde while [L vicem] to ylis.
- c1450(?a1402) *?Trev.Reg.Princ.(Dgb 233)9a/b : Nouȝt þat worschep is ful mede and quytyng to ham.
c
- c1460 Oseney Reg.36/1 : Þe which þe forsaide yevynges, fredoms, and quitynges..resonably witnyssen.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.49/13 : Þe saide Abbot and Couent have ryȝght..to haue and to Enioye all þe ffraunchises and quytynges aforesaide.
d
- (?c1450) E.Black Monks in RHS ser.3.54112 : We wol and charche you that..by..the abbotte of Saint Augustini of Canturbury..we be certified off your demenyng and quhiteng in that behalve.