Middle English Dictionary Entry
shrīving ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | shrīving ger. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Shrift, making confession; also, an act of confession; also, the hearing of confession.
Associated quotations
- a1250 Ancr.(Tit D.18)92/29 : Hit bringes to nawt alle þe deueles wiles..alle hise ȝiscinges & alle lease swefnes, false schriuinges Corp-C: schawunges.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)12628 : God graunte vs grace..Þat we be neuer more a-teynt For fals shryuyng.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)26101 : Of vr sinful sak To quam we sal vr scriuing [Frf: shriuing] mak?
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)26968 : Þe man þat liges..In his scrifing for buxumnes, His sin bes him neuer þe lesse.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)27271 : Þe preist agh spere..Enentes al mister men..þat cums þam to scriueyng bede, Queþer þai þair mister leli do.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)6853 : Pore folk al quyte I lete; I loue no such shryuyng.
- c1450(a1400) Lavynham Treat.7 Dead.Sins (Hrl 211)9/11 : Symonye is whan a man takyth..eny erthely good for thyng þt is gostly..for schryuyng or howslynge, weddyng or ordris ȝeuyng, or eny oþer sacrament of holycherche.