Middle English Dictionary Entry
stalling(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | stalling(e ger. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Induction into ecclesiastical office; (b) a stall or shelter for an animal; (c) fig. the act of holding firm, moral resolve.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)8.183 : Whan he was i-stalled at Lyncoln by þe archedecon, me axede an hors oþer a kow for his stallynge [Higd.(2): installacion; L installationis].
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)60/19 : Þis archedekyn was made bisshopp, & made a grete feste at his stallyng.
b
- c1390 Evang.(Vrn)374 : Þe Oxe and þe Asse hedde kennynge Of heore lord in heore stallynge.
c
- a1450(?a1349) ?Rolle þi ioy (Cmb Dd.5.64)26 : If þou be in fandyng, of lufe þou hase grete nede, To stedde in stallyng [Thrn: stabillynge] and gyf þe grace to spede.