Middle English Dictionary Entry
strenging ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | strenging ger. Also strenghing. |
| Etymology | From strengen v.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The act or process of strengthening.
Associated quotations
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)18678 : Son [read: Som] þar was..Þat troud noght..his up-rising; Bot þair mistrouth..Es strenghing [Frf: strenþing] of vr trouth to dai.
- c1450 Gt.Chron.(Gldh 3313)58 : The Kyng, in strenghyng of his erroneous statutes, hath prayed and sewed to the pope that he shuld conferme certeyns statutes in his laste parliament ordeyned.