Middle English Dictionary Entry
ransaking(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | ransaking(e ger. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Examination, scrutiny, seeking, study; ~ of resoun, rational consideration.
Associated quotations
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)63.6 : Þai ransaked wicnesse and iuel thinge; Þai waned, ransakand, of ransakinge [L scrutinio].
- a1425(?a1400) PCounsel.(Hrl 674)151/6 : Þei..ronnen wiþ-outyn ransakyng of reson to þe martirdom wiþ seintes.
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)60/4 : Be ransakynge of rightwys mens lyfis, fro all pryde þi self refreyn.
- (1438) Will Norwich in Nrf.Archaeol.4329 : I..in my ryghte mynde, with sore ransakyng in my consciens..have maad my testament.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)423 : Ransakynge: Investigacio, scrutinium, indagacio, perscrutacio.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.21.14a : Be þou..nouȝt to mikil a drad..of swilk steringes, but forsak þin oune wit wiþouten disputynge or ransakynge of hem.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)63.6 : Thai, ransakand falsnes, faild in thaire ransakynge, that is, in thaire wickid counsaile.