Middle English Dictionary Entry
rōsting(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | rōsting(e ger. Also (error) rostig. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The roasting of meat or fish, the process of cooking by roasting; (b) the drying out of something by a fire; also, the baking of clay in a kiln; (c) ~ hous, a building used for roasting; ~ iren, a grill, gridiron; ~ panne, a frying pan, skillet; ~ rakkes, a set of bars used to support a spit for roasting meat.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)4.439 : Þan fil so greet cruelnesse and honger in þe citee þat biggynge and sellynge cesede, and so dede rostynge and seþinge and greyþinge of mete.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)263a/b : Som fleissh of bestes is holsome and acordeþ to rostynge and is not ful good y-sode.
- (a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)32 : Kepe þat þat fallith þerfro in the rosting and seeþ it in a possynet with faire broth.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)437 : Roostynge: Assatura.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)263 : In þe oold lawe alle þese deedis gaderid and doon to gidere..þe taking of þe lomb in þe tenþe day of marche moneþ..and þanne þe sleyng of it and þe rosting of it and þe eting of it..was þe hool offring of þilk pascal lombe.
- ?a1475 Noble Bk.Cook.(Hlk 674)97 : When it rostis, springle on salt, then tak vergius venyger or wyn and pouder of guinger and canelle and cast ther to in the rosting.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)149/18 : Þe satirdaie þei schulden halowe so moche þat þei schulden not diȝte eny mete in seeþing or roosting it bi fier.
- a1525(?1474) Cov.Leet Bk.399 : Þat he sell no maner flesshe and ffysshe but hitt be good..both in sethyng, Rostyng, and bakyng.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)225a/b : Benes makeþ veyne sweuenes and dredeful; by seþynge & rostynge [L per decoctionem et assaturam] þerof..ventosite is abated, but nouȝt al destroyed.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)242b/a : Som peper..is blak and ryueled wiþoute wiþ parchyng and rostyng [L torrido] of þe hete of þe fuyre.
- a1550(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Sln 1873)2790 : Dedd clay is callide such a thynge As hath soeffrede grete Roostynge.
c
- c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)489 : Trepet, gridile, et paiele: Brandirne, rostinghiron, and panne.
- (1353-4) in Hope Windsor C.1.166 : Pro reparacione cooperture del Rostynghous.
- (1397) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.171 : [A] rostyngiryn [weighing 11 lbs. 9 oz.].
- (c1422) Invent.Norwich in Nrf.Archaeol.12202 : ij rostynghern, j grate, iij spetys ferrei.
- ?c1425 Arun.Cook.Recipes (Arun 334)451 : Take pykes..lay hom on a rostynge yrne and roste hom.
- (1437) Will Bury in Camd.4910 : Lego Williemo Basse..j par rostyngrakkes ferrea.
- (1444) Will York in Sur.Soc.30100 : Lego..j patellam ferream vocatam rostyngpan habentem j spout in utraque fine.
- (1465) Paston (EETS)1.126 : ij potell pottis and a rostig [read: rosting] jron of siluer lyth at þe same place.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)769/37 : Cratus, craticula: a rostyngyryn.