Middle English Dictionary Entry
sǒuking(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | sǒuking(e ger. Pl. sǒukinges, (?error) sowhyngez. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The sucking of milk from the breast or udder; also fig.; ~ time; milk ~; yeven ~ (to, to give suck to (a child) [cp. souken v. 1b.(a)]; (b) the act of sucking up something with the mouth; inhaling (through the nostrils); surg. sucking on a wound or carbuncle in order to draw out pus, a thorn, etc.; ~ chanel, a tube or tubular instrument for drawing out water from the ear [could be construed as adjectival phrase; cp. souken v. 3.(c)]; ~ in, the act of absorbing; (c) ?drawing someone (to do wrong).
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Gen.21.8 : Þann þe child growide & was done a wey fro soukyng [WB(2): was wenyd; L ablactatus est], & abraham made a grete feest in þe day of þe wenyng of hym.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)264b/a : In sowkynge tyme þe lomb bendeþ his knees, and for þe moder schulde ȝiue þe more mylke he þrusteþ..at þe vdder.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)264b/b : Wiþinne þe space of oon ȝeer þe bettre he is, þe ferþere he is fro sowkynge, for his moysture of complexioun encresseþ by mylk and þe hete encresseþ by wenyng.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)279a/a : In alle bestes þat bryngeþ forþ vnperfite childeren þe cause is glotony, ffor if he schulde abyde for to þat whelp were complete and perfyte, he schulde sle þe moder wiþ strong soukyng [L sugendo].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)289b/b : Hire fleissh..is more tendre and more hoot and moyste þan þe fleisshe of an olde oxe oþer of an olde cow for ȝit he is nerre þe age of soukynge [L lactenti etati].
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Gen.21.7 : Who schulde here, and bileue to Abraham, that Sare schulde ȝyue soukyng [L lactaret] to a sone, whom sche childide to him now an eld man?
- a1425 LOL (Wnds E.I.I)38/2 : Þis douȝtir shal be ful of grace of þe Lord anoon fro hir birpe [read: birþe], and shal dwelle in hir fadir hous in þre ȝeer of hir milksoukinge.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)463 : Sokynge, of a pappe or tete: Lactacio, succio.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)522 : Wene chylder fro sokynge: Ablacto, elacto.
- c1450(?a1422) Lydg.LOL (Dur-U Cosin V.2.16)5.619 : Þou blissful quene..That yaf thy sonne soukyng [vr. souke] in a stalle, That chast mylke of virgynall clennesse..Conueye oure offringe to the sterri see Wher next thy son thou hast the souereynte.
- c1450 How mankinde dooþ (Lamb 853)66 : Whanne þe child was vij ȝeer olde, Passyng sowkyng of milke drewis, Þe good aungil þe childe dide weelde.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)231/21 : Whan þe modyr wanyth here child, sche wetyth here tetys wyth sum byttere thyng, & so þe chyld felyng ofte þat bytternes leuyth his soukyng.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)2128 : Þe sokeyng of his, ryȝt as it were a knyve It ran in-to my hert..That wel I woot..without [ read: with] parcell of my blood, His child I have I-norisshid.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)7891 : Sone after þat he was born..After þe sowking of milke drewes To strengþe him in good þewes, He falleþ þanne to mete and drinke Þe strenger to be forto swinke.
- a1500 St.Anne(3) (Tan 407)218 : After þat this chyld was thre ȝer of age, it was wenyd as j wene fro þe sokyng.
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)19/27 : Thou..hast so mikel eeten of the potages of foryetfulnesse and dronken so of ignorance, that the olde souking [?read: soukinges] whiche thou haddest of me arn amaystred and lorn fro al maner of knowing.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)183a/b : Ilondes ben grene and plenteuous by sokyng yn [L attractione] at holes of moysture, of waters, and of humours.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)302a/a : Þe female [bear]..lyueþ by soukyng of hire fore feet [L priorum pedum fructu vel suco viuunt].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)27a/b : Aboue þe place be put extratiuez & if it be wiþ noȝt els, namely or at þe best with ventosez and sowhyngez [Ch.(2): sowkynges; L suctionibus], socour it with diligence or bisynez.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)136a/a : Water entred in to þe ere..be souked so mych wiþ embula or wiþ a soukyng canelle [Ch.(2): soukynge pipe; L canula suggatoria] of childre þat it be drawen out.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)168a/b : In thornez & arowes & oþer þinges infixed to be drawen out..drawe out..at leste with ventoses & sowkingez.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)313/21 : Putte it yn, in soukynge by þe nose þirles and in spyttinge by þe mouthe, as children dooth in scoles.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)86b/b : Aftir þi wounde is open..drawe out þe venymous mater wiþ a strong ventuse Or ellis wiþ sum manere of soukynge as of man or of watirleche, Of a kockis ars or oþere siche.
c
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.187 : Þes prelatis..ben more grevous to þe Chirche þan was juge of þe citee, for þei cunnen summone þe Chirche, þat is wydowe for þis tyme, from oo place to anoþer, to sooke of her moneye; And þus clerkis seien þat suggilare is soukyng to do wrong.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)482 : Suklynge, herbe [Phil: suklinge or sokynge]: Locusta.
Note: souking(e ger - note Phil reading - prob. = a new sense = sukelinge.--per REL
Note: See MED sukelinge n.(2), sense (a): "Glossing L locusta: a plant of some sort, perh. honeysuckle or clover[cp. sukel n. (b)]".