Middle English Dictionary Entry
bekking ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | bekking ger. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The use of mute signals, beckoning; also, a mute signal.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)288a/b : The hert Calf hatte hynnulus..and haþ þat name hynnulus of hinnuendo, bekkyng oþer noddyng.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)44b/a : Nuticula: a litel bekkynge.
- a1500 Spec.Chr.(1) (Hrl 2250)93/3 : [To synne in syȝte..in tastinge, touchinge, in] beckyng.