Middle English Dictionary Entry
spurning(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | spurning(e ger. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Stumbling, tripping; ~ with, stumbling over (a stone); ston of ~, a stumbling block; (b) kicking; also, clawing or scratching by a cock; (c) scorn.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Rom.9.32 : Sothli thei offendiden in to the stoon of offencioun, or spurnynge.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)33a/a : The multitude crieþ þair pluralite inward, of which seiþ Auicen þat sich ar multiplied in falling & stomeling, or spurnyng [Ch.(2): hurtynge; L offensione].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)117a/b : Offensioun, i. spornyng, is said forsoþ when þe body falleþ & is smyten of som þing metyng withoutforþ.
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)62/16 : Corruption..cometh a-yenst kynde, of some actuell or accidentall cause, as of bataill, or spornyng with a stone.
b
- c1450(c1405) Mum & S.(2) (Add 41666)1190 : Mvm..spareth for no spurnyng, but spedith þe matiere.
- c1500(a1449) Lydg.Aesop (Trin-C R.3.19)141 : With scrapyng, spornyng [vr. and spurnyng] all þe long day The cok was besy hym..to fede.
c
- c1390 Talking LGod (Vrn)14/15 : Hou may rihtwysnesse þole þat þer ne riseþ aȝeyn me alle þyne schaftes, wiþ schome & wiþ schendschupe, wiþ gounyng & wiþ spornyng, to fihten on þis traytur?