Middle English Dictionary Entry
rēpinge n.
Entry Info
| Forms | rēpinge n. Also repung(e, reopunge. |
| Etymology | OE hrepung, LOE repung; cp. ME rēpen v.(2). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Touching; also, the sense of touch, sensation.
Associated quotations
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)66/33 : Heom [sick men] oferglad þa ðæs apostolas scæde, & heo sona wurdon hale fram al untrumnesse for his scæde repunge.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)92/29 : Ða anpite beoð þus ihaten: Visus..Auditus..Gustus..Odoratus..Tactus, repung, oðer grapung on alle limæn, & þæh ȝewunelycost on þam hondæn.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)61/14 : For eauer se flesch is cwickre se þe reopunge [Tit: repinge; Nero: pine] þrof & te hurt is sarre.