Middle English Dictionary Entry
sǒuning(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | sǒuning(e ger. Also sowoninge, (errors) soudynge, sondyge. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Making sound; also, a sound; a pleasant sound [1st quot.]; ~ ayen, resounding, re-echoing; ~ of ere, a sound perceived by the ear; (b) making noise; the blowing of a trumpet; also, a loud noise; (c) the ability to conduct sound; (d) med. the ringing or ringing sound in infected ears; ~ of (in) eres.
Associated quotations
a
- c1390 Hilton ML (Vrn)280 : Loke after non oþur felyng in þi wittes, ne seke aftur non oþur bodili swetnes, nouþur souning ne sauoryng, [etc.].
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)254/6 : Þe hoolis in a mannes eeris ben maad in a deep holowe boon, & it was bi þis skille þat it schulde vndirstonde sownynge.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)49a/a : Þe vtilite of þe creacioun of þe ere and whi þat þe eres schewen reised vppe wiþ outen þe heued is be cause þat þe sownynges þat ben riȝt fluxibel miȝte hide hem oþere lurke vnder þe schadowe of hem to þat þei were take of þe organe of heringe.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)425 : Rebondynge, or sondyge [read: sondynge] a-ȝen: Reboacio, reboatus.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)466 : Soundynge a-zene: Resonatus, reboacio.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)398 : If syngyng be not ellis but a certeyn maner of sownyng bi þe mouþ, þanne whanne alle sownes of mouþ ceessen, þanne muste neede al song ceese.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.10.6a : Visions oþer reuelacions..ore ellis ony oþer felynge in bodili wittes mad, as hit were, gostli, eiþer in sowonynge of eere ore sauoringe in þe mouþ..ore ony þink þat mai be felid bi bodili wit..arn nauȝht verrai contemplacion.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.11.7a : If þou here ony mirie sounynge wiþ þi bodili ere..be þanne war.
b
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Job 37.4 : After hym shal roren sownyng [L sonitus]; he shal thundren with þe vois of his mykelnesse.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Ex.19.16 : The sownyng [L clangor] of a clarioun made noise ful greetli, and the puple dredde, that was in the castels.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)97b/b : In gropyng with a hand þer is herd a frusshyng or a sownyng [L crepitatio] in þe bone And akyng & vnmyȝt of suffryng witnesseþ vpon þis.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)466 : Soudynge [Win: Sowndyng]: Sonatus.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)484 : Sowwynge, or sowndynge, as newe ale, wyne, or oþer lycure: Bilbicio.
- a1475 Bk.Courtesy (Sln 1986)69 : Ne suppe not with grete sowndynge Noþer potage ne oþer þynge.
c
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)199a/b : Bras..accordeþ most to vse of trumpes and belles for sownyng and duryng þerof.
d
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)23/8 : Of sekenessis of þe eeres, And þe firste is a general speche of deefnesse, of a posteme, of a bocche, and of sownynge [*Ch.(1): tynnyng] of þe eeres, of filþe of þe eeres, of water entred into þe eere.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)471/30 : Þay suffre sownynge in þe eeres of euel herynges or chaungynge of herynge, as Avicen saith.
- ?a1450 Macer (Stockh Med.10.91)78 : Oile of violet..wole destroye þe ache of þe eres and þe sounyng þer-in.
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)60/26 : Sikenesse of the hede..thow maist know it by..the sownyng of the eeres [L attinnitus aurium] and stoppyng of the nastrels.
2.
(a) The act of speaking; speech; also, a manner or style of speaking; ?also, something spoken, words [quot. c1450 Spec.Chr.(2)]; vois ~; ivel or foul ~, ?offensive use of language; ?med. discord of the humors; (b) pronunciation; ~ of speche; gret in ~, of a language: spoken widely; (c) the tone qualities of the voice.
Associated quotations
a
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.385 : Pelleus..gan with asour & with golde to peynte His gay wordys in sownynge glorious.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)21b/b : Helpyng for to remoue cacefeton, i. yuel or foule sownyng, which it bihoueþ for to hyre bi al þis.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)55.292 : He thowhte þat he herde there A thowsend voyses..and Alle to God ȝoven they thankynge; that was the Noyse Of here Sownenge.
- c1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)926 : Of eloquence was never founde So swete a sownynge facounde.
- c1450 Bk.GGrace (Eg 2006)73/8 : In kunnynge ande vnderstandynge, in syngynge ande fayrenesse of voyce sownynge, ande in alle thynges that langede to here relygioun sche was fulle experte.
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)170/11 : A preste curate..dyez if soun voys be not herd of hym, for if sounynge [L sonitus] of prechynge or techynge be not herd of hym, he prouokez the wreth of the euer-lastynge iuge aȝeyns hym-selfe.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)1.201 : Þo spekyn to mychil in here preyere þat settyn here herte and here feyth mor in soundynge and seyynge of þe wordis þan þey don in God.
b
- c1400 Daniel *Herbal (Arun 42)f.35v : Modirwort: Lewed folk þat in manye wordes conne no ryȝt sownyng, but ofte shortyn wordes & changyn lettrys & silablys, þey coruptyn þe 'o' into 'u' & 'd' into 'g' & syncopyn, i. smytyn awey 'i' & 'r' & seyn 'mugwort.'
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.163 : Men of þe est wiþ men of þe west..acordeþ more in sownynge of speche [L plus consonant in sermone] þan men of þe norþ wiþ men of þe souþ.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)101/26 : This lond of Caldee is full gret & the langage of þat contree is more gret in sownynge [Man.(2): gretter and mare generall] þan it is in oþer parties beȝonde þe see.
- a1475(a1447) Bokenham MAngl.(Hrl 4011)30/24 : Angli..hadyn iii dyuersites of sowndyngis yn hure language and yn þe iii dyuerys places, as Sowþe, Norþe & Mydlonde, yet of commyxtioun dyuers firste [with] Danys & sethe wt Normannys they hane corrupte her first natif toungis.
c
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)92/2 : More temperat is þe creature þat is..seeld spekyng..and in þe sownyng [L sonorositate] of his vois sotell and not to grete.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 *Medulla (Hrl 2257)112 a/a : Occianides: þe swoniyng [?read: sowniyng; Stnh: syhynge; Pep: swelwynge] off þe greet see.
Note: New spelling
Note: I think this is an error for souning(e form needed ?sense 1.(a).--per MJW
Note: MED sighinge ger.: sense 2.(b)~ of gret see, ?ocean breezes; ?the sound of the surf.
Note: MED swolwing(e ger.: sense (f)glossing L
Oceanides;--?error for swelling(e ger. 2.(b)
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. sounding 2.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense 1.(d)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. sounding in the ear(s).
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense 1.(d)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. sounding of the ears.