Middle English Dictionary Entry
skulking ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | skulking ger. Also skolkinge, scolkinge. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A sneak attack, an ambush; also, deceitful tactics, treachery [quot.: a1398]; also, theft [last quot.].
Associated quotations
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)5130 : Hii þus mid scolkinge vpe þe englisse wende & doþ eni skek feble ynou, & abbeþ þe worse ende.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)19a/a : Ȝif he [fiend] may noȝt disceyue with skolkynge, he puttiþ to grisliche gastnes & ferenes.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.3 : Þei went tille Snawdone..To purueie þam a skulkyng, on þe Englis eft to ride.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)451 : Sculkynge [Win: Sculkyng]: Cleptura.