Middle English Dictionary Entry
receiving(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | receiving(e ger. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A payment of money, money received; (b) the coming into possession of land, a kingdom, etc.; (c) the receiving of something in the manner of a container; place of ~, ~ place, a place for receiving or storing something, receptacle; (d) the partaking of food and drink; (e) the taking of the sacramental elements or holy water; receiving a sacrament.
Associated quotations
a
- (1472-3) RParl.6.55a : Indentures to be made of all such retayndres, receyvyngs, and perceyvynges.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)266/5 : Iordan of Aldeswelle..knowleched hym-self to haue resceived cc li...for the whiche resceivyng he claymed the forsaid Religeous women quytte fro all impeticion.
b
- ?c1450(?a1400) Wycl.Clergy HP (Lamb 551)377 : Criste..dampned þe ressauyng of þe lordeschip þe whiche siluestre toke of constantyne.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)485/22 : Alice Gorges..graunted and toke to Symond..j place..that the forsaid Symond..shold lifte vp and make a chamber of stonys..with-in the yere of this present resceivyng.
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)49/30 : Whan the sone of the prynce is..come to his age and to the tyme of receyuyng his lordeshipp..shulde apper..in him the perfeccion of vertu.
c
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ecclus.1.21 : Eche hous of hym it shal fulfillen fro jeneraciouns, & þe resceyuyng placis [WB(2): reseitis; L receptacula] fro þe tresoris of hym.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ecclus.39.22 : In þe woord forsoþe of hym stood þe water as an hep, & in þe woord of þe mouþ of hym as resseyuyng placis [WB(2): resettis; L exceptoria] of watris.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)55a/b : Þe herte schal be þe place of resceyuynge [L locus receptionis] of pure blood.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)23b/b : White colliriez & sich þingez..defendeþ þe membrz of receyuyng of superfluiteez.
- (c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)3/29 : Knowyngal vertues and moral vertues..ben not in his iȝe, neiþir in his eere, neiþir in his heele, as in her propre to hem receyuyng placis.
- c1484(a1475) Caritate SSecr.(Tak 38)182/22 : Þe strenght in werkyng of þis strenght vegetatif, in þe makyng of mannys body, is in þe receyuyng of mannys seede in þe womannys wombe.
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)77/34 : The see is augmented by resceyvyng of flodes and waters.
d
- c1450 Lydg.SSecr.Ctn.(Sln 2464)1824 : Of metys and drynkes knowe dyuersite, With proporcioun and tyme of Receyvyng.
e
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.385-6 : Men may also refreyne venial synne by receyuynge worthily of the precious body of Iesu Crist, by receyuynge [vrr.resseyuynge; resseivinge; receyueinge] eek of holy water.
- a1425 Rolle FLiving (Arun 507)413 : Synnes of dedis..resceyuyng of God or of any sacramentis in dedli synne.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)26/16 : Þe gracious receyvyng of þis blissid sacrament.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)40/5 : Swetnes..she fyndeþ in receyving here of oure lordis blissid body.
2.
(a) The obtaining of virtues; also, the receiving of the Holy Ghost; (b) the suffering of a blow; (c) being subjected to heat.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 12 PTrib.(1) (Roy 17.B.17)49 : Lightid þo holy gost vp-on þo apostlis..of þo whilk þai were so strengthed þat, after þo receyuing of hit, fro þo sight of þo conseil þai ȝeden ioyande.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.24.16a : Preyere is profitable..for to geten clennesse of herte bi distroyinge of synne and resceyuing of vertues.
b
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)391/13 : Whanne his tonge faylide him in resceyuynge of þe strook, he wett his fyngir in his blood..& wroot.
c
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)239b/a : The fruyte of palme is dyuerse..by dyuers receyuynge of hete of heuene.
3.
The acceptance of a saying, belief.
Associated quotations
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))1 Tim.1.15 : A trewe worde and worthi al resceyuyng [WB(2): resseyuyng; L acceptione].
4.
(a) A celebration, welcoming; (b) the accommodating of guests, legates, etc., sheltering; ~ place, a place of shelter; also, a place for keeping animals; (c) the time of admission to a guild; (d) helping, aiding.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)263 : In this receyving Richard spent iiic m mark.
b
- (1395) Wycl.37 Concl.(Tit D.1)151 : iiij porciouns owen to be maad..oon to the bisshop and his meyne for hospitalite and resceyuinge of gestis, [etc.].
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)293/25 : Þere [in church] þei bye and sille as marchauntis, and it is maad a resceyuynge place of beestis.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)304/21 : Her housis..schulde be a resceyuyng place of pore men.
- a1450 *Aelred Inst.(2) (Bod 423)112 : I wolde thou were war of resceiuynge of yistes by way of hospitalite.
- (a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)124 : The kynge shall beyre yerely charges vnknowen in receyvinge off ligates..and off ambassatours.
c
- (1389) Lond.Gild Ret.in Bk.Lond.E.(PRO C 47/var.)48/21 : Euerich brother & suster..atte resceyuynge schule kusse eueri other.
d
- c1470 Chaucer CT.Pars.(Eg 2864)I.805 : Receyving [Elsm: the Auaricious man..deliteth hym..nat in the rescowynge..of his euene cristene].
5.
Associated quotations
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)55a/b : Recepcio: resevynge.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)607/6 : Recepcio: a receyuynge.
- ?a1475 PParv.(Win)367 : Receyvynge: Recepcio, accepcio.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1400 *NWomen (Eg 827)28b : Ther ben vij resseyuyngys of nature with inne the matryce…whan nature passyth into that than che conceyueth.
Note: New sense
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. receiving.