Middle English Dictionary Entry
reprōching ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | reprōching ger. Also reproceing, reprūsinge. |
| Etymology | Cp. reprōchen v.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) An object of scorn or opprobrium; (b) ?a rebuke, reproach; ?a complaint.
Associated quotations
a
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)21.5 : Ich am worme and no man, reproceyng [vr. reprouyng; L opprobrium] of men and outcastyng of folk.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)78.4 : We ben made in reproceing to our neȝburȝs, scornynge and desceit to hem þat ben in our cumpasse.
b
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)14.4 : He..did non yuel to his neȝbur, ne toke no reprusynge [vr. reprofe] oȝayn hys neȝburs.