Middle English Dictionary Entry
softing(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | softing(e ger. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Alleviation (of disease or distress), mitigation; fig. soothing of the wounds of love; also, a remedy [last quot.].
Associated quotations
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)1924 : In hym I felte bothe harme and goode: Now sore without aleggement, Now softyng with oynement.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)9 : Allegyance, or softynge of dysese: Alleviacio.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)92 : Þer is a worldlich wif, a womman ful clene, Þat haþ softyng & salue for eche sore out.