Middle English Dictionary Entry
sprēding(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | sprēding(e ger. Also (early) spredunge. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Scattering, strewing; also, dispersing of matter, dissipation; ~ place, ?a holy water font; (b) diffusion or transmission of color, odor, etc.; ~ abrode; (c) extending of arms, wings, etc.; also fig.; -- also refl.; extension, expanse, breadth; ~ abrode (forth, oute); (d) opening, expansion, dilation; ~ abrode; (e) explaining, amplifying; -- used in the title of a book by Pecock: ~ (of) the iiij tables.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)321a/b : Þe vertu of spredynge worcheþ by hete of [read: and; L et] moisture, ffor hete þurleþ and comeþ in to þe substaunce of a þing and dissolueþ moysture..and makeþ opene and sprede.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)17a/b : Conspercio: a spredyng.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)61b/a : Sparsorium: a spredynge place.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)102/27 : By þe aire þerfore and þe dwellynge chosen colde and made colde wiþ spredynge [*Ch.(1): spronklyng or strowyng; L sparsione] of vyne leues.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)27b/a : Þis puls grete and strong comeþ of þe strengþe of þe spirit by þe which þe puls is I-sprad a brood..and of þe naschnes of þe lime þat is obedient to þe spredinge a brood.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)30a/b : Be þe multipliynge and spredinge [L diffusione] of þat spirit in to alle þe parties [of a tree], þilke buriouns takeþ lif.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)306b/b : Colours beþ..y-seye..by contynual multiplicacioun of colour in þe space..bytwene þe þing þat is y-seye & þe yhe and by spredynge [L delationem] þerof to þe yhen.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)311b/a : Þikke matiere wiþstondeþ and letteþ schedynge & spredynge of odour, as it fareþ in a stoon.
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)41/25 : Lufe..has strenght in..Spreding treuly, for þe bemys of his gudenes not only to frendis & neghburs bot also te [read: to] enmys & straungers it spredys.
- c1475 WBk.Phil.& Astron.(Cmb Ll.4.14)14 : Þe day is no þinge but þe spredinge of þe sonne vppon erthe.
c
- a1250 Orison Lord (Nero A.14)201 : Þu, deorewurðe louerd, gostliche to us and to ðine deorelinges wið þe ilke spredunge [of arms] ȝeiest ase þe moder to hire childe.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Is.8.8 : Þer shal ben þe spreding out [WB(2): spredyng forth; L extensio] of his [river's] wengis.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)182a/a : Many rowtes of knyȝtes may sitte at þe mete vndir þe brede of spredyng [L latitudine] of one tree.
- a1425(c1384) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Ezek.31.7 : He [tree] was moost fayr in his greetnes, and in spredynge [WB(2): alargyng; L dilatatione] of tendre trees.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)339/5 : These [righteous men] ben þo þat maken her soulis fatt in spredynge hemsilf abrood in þe depþe of my charite.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)470 : Spredynge: Dilatacio, extencio.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)479 : Streykynge or spredynge owute: Extencio, protencio.
- c1460 Erly in a someristide (Dub 432)54 : E for þe egle þat gret worship haþe wonne þorow spredyng of his wynges.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)8/16 : I spake of..þe spredyng a brode of þe braunches of a religious tree plantyd in oure lordis gardyn.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)16/10 : Thus moche, sister, of þe spredyng a brode of þe braunches of charite.
d
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)246/17 : If þe brekynge be grete, by nede it is to goo to cirurgie; And þe spredynge abrode of brekynges..is knowen by þe þre resouns.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)502/17 : A propre tokene of þat [rupture] forsoþe þe whiche is for spredynge abrood of þe waies is þat it appereþ litel and litel in the schare.
- a1450 Chauliac(4) (Cai 336/725)32/28 : Of greuaunce of þe marice, as is closynge or spredynge.
e
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)256 : What is tempting schal be tauȝt in þe book cleepid þe 'spreding of þe iiij tablis.'
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)413 : More of þis mater schal be tauȝt in þe book 'spreding þe iiij tablis.'
- (c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)55/28 : Lijk speche is founden in þe philesofre..as schal be schewid forþ in þe book 'spredyng þe iiij tablis.'
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)1/15 : Þei had bi long labour and studie ouer red and vndirstonde þe seid bokis brood spreding.
Note: New gloss
Note: Pecock speaks here of the extensive content of his Reule of Cristen Religioun and that because the subjects are treated at such length, they are difficult to "report and remember".
Note: Possible gloss: add a sense (f): "range of subject matter."--per MLL
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (a1398) Trev.Barth.(Add 27944:Seymour)91/32 : Þe soule is noȝt istreiȝt noþir isprad in lengþe noþir in brede in þe body..but..abidinge in þe middle of þe herte withoute spredinge of hitself ȝeuen [read: ȝeueþ] lif to alle þe body.
Note: Additional quot.--per REL
Note: The headword should have a long mark over the first e--per REL (added).