Middle English Dictionary Entry
rancling(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | rancling(e ger. Also rancelinge. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Festering of a wound, suppuration.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)86b : Of rankelyng in a wounde.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)153a/b : Ranclynge in a wounde is a goynge akkeþ be cause of humours þat ben sente to þe place þat is wounded oþer akinge, and it is wiþ swellinge and pulsacioun.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)153b/a : Þe crummes of brede soþen in wyne..heleþ euerye ranclynge boþe of wounde and of blodelesse.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)194/14 : It schal staunche þe blod and kepe þe wounde fro ranclyng.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)224 : Ad aperiendum vulnus obturatum..hyt wolle aswage ranclyng of woundes.
- ?c1450 Iff a man (Add 17866)942,947 : In cas rankelynge be falle of venyme..Than wil þis plaister all ranclyng slone.
- ?c1450 Iff a man (Add 17866)969 : Lay it be þe rankille alday, And þe rankelynge schal swage away.
- ?c1450 Iff a man (Stockh 10.90)303/310 : Make a playstyr of good reles..And al þe rancelynge schall owyr gon.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. rankling.