Middle English Dictionary Entry
spasming(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | spasming(e ger. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Cramping, suffering spasms.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)64b/b : Of alle [wounds of tendons] ychone, in som is aking & apostemacioun and occasioun of spasmyng [vr. spasmynge; Ch.(2): crampinge; L spasmandi]; in oþer, not, bot þay ouerpasse.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. spasming.