Middle English Dictionary Entry
rē̆sting(e ger.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | rē̆sting(e ger.(2) |
| Etymology | Cp. rē̆sten v.(3). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The arresting of somebody, arrest; (b) the ceasing of a fever.
Associated quotations
a
- (1465) Acc.Howard in RC 57285 : My mastyr paid for entrynge of a pleynt in the Cownter ffor Pryse, and the restynge, xij d.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)90a/b : Þe sixte [token] is whan bodyes beþ nouȝt ful clansid in þe restinge [vr. resting; L quietem] of þe feuere.