Middle English Dictionary Entry
reveling ger.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | reveling ger.(1) Also rewelinge. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Merrymaking, revelry; an instance of merrymaking, a performance of a pageant or mummer's play; ~ chaumbre (halle).
Associated quotations
- (1395) in Löfvenberg Contrib.Lex.96 : [A chamber called] le Revelyngchaumbre.
- (1441) Let.Bk.Lond.K (Gldh LetBk K)263 : The servauntis of the Crafte..have on holy dayes a revelyng hall & a drynkyng their, by the whych many of hem be not able to do no good werk a daye aftre.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)371 : This same receit..schulde be spend in werre or..in reueling, as sopers in nyȝtis at tauernes.
- c1450(c1425) Brut-1419 (Cmb Kk.1.12)360/33 : Þere þay cast to sle þe King yn hir revelyng.
- c1475 Mankind (Folg V.a.354)85 : I loue not þis rewelynge.