Middle English Dictionary Entry
rēsinge ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | rēsinge ger. |
| Etymology | Cp. rēsen v.(2). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Attack, assault.
Associated quotations
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)3.257 : Half þe peple stood i-armed wiþoute þe citee..for resynge and stekkynge [L ad sustinendum impetus] of straunge naciouns.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)5.299 : Seint Mammertus..ordeyned solempne letanyes..aȝenst erþe schakynge and tempest of weder and peril of resynge [L incursiones] of wylde bestes.