Middle English Dictionary Entry
scoffing ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | scoffing ger. Also schoffing. |
| Etymology | Cp. scoffen v.; for form in sch- cp. OFris. schoff mockery. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A jibe; derision; (b) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- a1300 Serm.Liþer lok (Trin-C B.1.45)105 : I shal vnderstondin..te schoffingis..þat he þolede.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)13.277 : He hadde a cote of crystendome..moled..of vnboxome speche, Of scornyng and of scoffyng [vr. skoffyngis].
b
- (1199) in Pipe R.Soc.n.s.10193 : Hugo Scoffin.