Middle English Dictionary Entry
scǒurǧen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | scǒurǧen v. Also scourge, scorge, skourge, skurge, (N) scurg, skurgen, schourgen & (error) scruge; sg.3 scourgeth, ? scorgẹ̄s; p. scourged(e, etc. & schourget, (SEM) shorgid; ppl. scourged, etc. & scourget, scorget, skourget, skoureghide, shorgid, (N) schorugede, (SEM) shourged, chorged & iscourged, -et, iskourge(d, eskourged & (error) skouged. |
| Etymology | From scǒurǧe n.; also cp. OF escorgiier, AF escorger. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To whip (sb., oneself, an animal, the body), scourge; also fig.; -- also without obj.; (b) ~ and beten (dingen), beten (swingen) and ~, to whip (sb., an image), scourge; (c) to have (sb.) scourged; -- also without obj.; (d) to afflict (sb.), often for punishment or purification; punish (sb.).
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 SLeg.Fran.(1) (LdMisc 108)249 : An Asse..is i-harled here and þere..I-priked and i-scourget eke.
- c1300 SLeg.Kath.(Hrl 2277)118 : Platon, þe grete philosophe..Seide þat God wolde iscourged beo & eke todrawe.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)5304 : Hii nome him an scourgede him.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Lev.19.20 : Aman [read: a man] ȝif he slepe wiþ a woman..þe which is boonde womman..boþe sholen be scoorged [WB(2): schulen be betun; L vapulabunt].
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)8.221 : His oost his douȝter..auntrede her to tempte seynt Edmond..and was i-stripte and i-scourged [L flagellaretur] and so sche putte of her ycchynge.
- c1390 Talking LGod (Vrn)48/7 : Þow weore..scourget so sore þat þow ne miȝtest none weys wrenchen.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.280 : Thanne was he scourged [vrr. scorgit, skouged] that no thyng hadde agilt.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)9101 : Four his robe he gaf to riue And four his bodi for to driue To scurg [Göt: skourge; Trin-C: he scourged him] bare thoru al þat thrang.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)16137 : Skurges [Göt: schourges] him and late him ga.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)16398 : Iesus, þat al to-draun was, to scruge [Trin-C: scourge] he taght þam til.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)19356 : For þan wit suepes þai þam suang, And scurged [Göt: skurged] sare, þai let þam gang.
- c1400 Bk.Mother (Bod 416)147/14 : Þei scourgeden him.
- a1425(a1349) Rolle MPass.(2) (Upps C.494)42/19 : For þee to skourgen weren chosen men þat weren stronge, stalworþe, and willy to slee þee.
- c1435 Lydg.St.George (Bod 686)172 : The tyrant þenne..Bad þat he shulde..Naked be..With skorges skorged in ful fel manere.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)7.1644 : Bete he was for this affray ful ofte, Whippid, scoorgid eendlong & upriht.
- c1440(?a1400) ?Nassyngton Trin.& U.(Thrn)211 : Eftirwarde þou was skowreghide sare In Pilatez hows nakynde bare.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)576 : The tormentours hyr shorgyd.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)2381 : Vrban..Wyth yerdis hyr comaundyd bete to be, And anone she chorgyd was.
- a1450 Of alle þe ioyus (Cmb Dd.11.89)92 : Ther was He torned to a red colour, Ther skourget, y-wonded, & al to-tore.
- c1450(c1415) Roy.Serm.(Roy 18.B.23)111/15 : Þou may see hym, is bake scourged, þe hede sett with white þornes crowned.
- a1456(a1402) *Trev.Nicod.(Add 16165)105b : Ihesus Was etake to Pylatus and was eskourged.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)125.69 (v.2:p.320) : I am .. ryght wil wurthy for to ben shorgyd [L indigens flagello] and therfore the scorge of God hys wolcome.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.38.23b : Hit is good to hem..þat þei..beren hem..for his lufe, as he was skourged and bar þe kros for here lufe.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.73.52b : Þouȝ þou wake and faste and scourge þi selfe..þou schalt neuere han þat clennesse..withouten þe ȝifte of god.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)165/84 : In þe temple of god..xal be offeryd..which þat is kynge of Alle, þat xal be skorgyd and shedde his blood.
- a1500 Mirror Salv.(Beeleigh)p.75 : The Sinagoge scourged hym [Christ] with tonges and wordes of cruwelltee.
- a1500 Mirror Salv.(Beeleigh)p.75 : Job was two falde scourged..Be beting sore of the feend and bittere wordes of his wyve.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)70b/b : Sche..wolde nouȝt ben amendid but whenne here lady put here to be I-skourged & I-bete.
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)19356 : Þai ham squang & skourged ham.
- c1440(?c1350) Mirror St.Edm.(4) (Thrn)43/11 : Oure Lorde Ihesu Cryste dispytousely was dispuylede..and swa wykkedly scourgede and doungen þat of His swete body, fra þe heued till þe fute, noghte was lefte hale.
- c1440 Bonav.Medit.(3) (Thrn)203 : Then Pilate comandede theyme þat he sulde be betyne & schorugede.
- a1450(?a1390) Mirk Fest.Suppl.(Cld A.2)301/2 : He commawnded serteyne servauntes of hys to gone and skorge hym and beton hym.
- c1425 Wycl.Antichr.(2) (Dub 245)p.cxxxiii : Crist was naked beten & shourged.
- ?c1475 *Trev.Nicod.(Sal 39)139a : Ihesus..was yskourge and ybete and yspate and yskournud.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)14/28 : He was wod wroth wyt Saynt Nycholas and toke and schowrget and bete þus image of Saynt Nycholas.
c
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))John 19.1 : Therfore Pilat took thanne Jhesu and scourgide [vr. scourgide him].
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.124 : Þanne toke Pilat Jesus and scourgide him bifore þe Jewis.
d
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Job 2.3 : Þou..hast stered me aȝen hym [Job] þat I scourge [WB(2): turmente] hym in veyn.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ps.72.5,14 : For I enuyede vp on wicke men..In þe trauaile of men þei ben not, & with men þei shul not ben scourgid [L flagellabuntur]..And I was scourgid aldai & my chastisyng in þe morewetidis.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Heb.12.6 : The Lord chastisith hym that he loueth..he scourgith euery sone that he receyueth.
- a1450 Visit.Infirm.(1) (Cmb Dd.1.17)197 : God..scorgees the for thy profet, and not for his.
- c1450(c1415) Roy.Serm.(Roy 18.B.23)124/4 : In þe labour of men þei be not but lyvyn in synne..and þer-fore þei shall not be scourged with men but with feendes in hell.
- c1484(a1475) Caritate SSecr.(Tak 38)128/25 : God..hath sent a brennyng wynd and scorgyd [L affligit] hem, þat is to sey, haue sofyrid mennys hertys to ryse ayens hem.
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)33/34 : God..suffreth immyssions of bad aungels to scorge thaym so that the peple riseth ayenst her gouernoures.
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)144/74 : So that goddes hande, whiche that merciably me hath scorged, herafter in good plite from thence merciably me kepe and defende.
- a1605(c1422) Hoccl.Compl.(Dur-U Cosin V.3.9)23 : Sythen I with sycknes last was scourged, clowdy hath bene the favoure that shone [on] me.
- a1605(c1422) Hoccl.Compl.(Dur-U Cosin V.3.9)362 : For god, to prove the, scorgyd the hathe with sharpe adversitie.