Middle English Dictionary Entry
rōring(e ger.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | rōring(e ger.(1) |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Wailing, clamor, lamentation; howling of devils or lost souls; (b) the cry of various animals, roaring, bellowing, etc.; (c) growling of the stomach.
Associated quotations
a
- c1225(?c1200) SWard (Bod 34)14/133 : Þah neauer nere nan oðer pine bute to iseon eauer þe unseli gastes..& heren hare rarunge.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Is.5.29 : His roryng [WB(2): roryng schal be; L Rugitus] as of a leoun.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.2364 : Vp he yaf a roryng [vr. roringe] and a cry As dooth the moder whan the child shal dye.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)303 : Was noȝt bot roryng..in alle þe riche tounnes.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)68/22 : Sche had so gret compassyon..to se owyr Lordys peyn þat sche myt not kepe hir-self fro krying & roryng þow sche xuld a be ded þerfor.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)183/10 : Sum-tyme I ȝeue þe gret cryis and roryngys for to makyn þe pepil a-ferd wyth þe grace þat I putte in þe.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)299/215 : For þer raryng he [Christ] raysed hym [Lazarus] full right.
- c1450(c1415) Roy.Serm.(Roy 18.B.23)240/33 : Þer is no songe but oribull rorynge of dewels and wepynge and gnastynge of tethe.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)143.111 (v.2:p.420) : Whanne he thus was vnboundyn of the aungyl, with a gret rorynge and lamentable whoulynge he went hys weye, God wot wydyr.
- c1470 Bible F.(Cleve-W q091.92-C468)85/21 : Ther was within the cite much weping, criyng, and roring, and many for sorou were dispeirid.
b
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1851 : Þe werwolf..went to him euene wiþ a rude roring, as he him rende wold.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Job 39.3 : Þei [hinds] ben boowid to þe frute of kynde & bern, & roringis þei senden out [alt. from: besily þei nurshen out; L rugitus emittunt].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)266b/b : He [onager] roreþ..with dredeful roryng and horrible.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)30 : Bellynge, of [read: or] rorynge of bestys: Mugitus.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)437 : Rorynge, crye of beestys: Rugitus, mugitus.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)118/27 : In the hede of the thre dayes þe fader [lion] reyseþ hem vp with a gret roryng.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Add 9066)417 : On a day the lyon was seke, and it is his kynde þat when he is seke he makith a grete roryng.
- a1500 Mirk Fest.Revis.(Hrl 2247)72/9 : The third day all þe fysshes in þe see shall make a roring and an hidous crye for drede of þe dome.
c
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)56a/b : A drye stomak is sone aþurst..and ȝif þe watir is to moche, it makeþ roringe & grollynge in þe wombe.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. roaring.