Middle English Dictionary Entry
streuing(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | streuing(e ger. |
| Etymology | From streuen v.; cp. OE strewung bedding. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The action of spreading or scattering something; also, the bestrewing of a place with something; (b) that which is spread or strewn; straw or plants used for strewing; litter for animals; pl. coverings spread on a beast of burden; (c) error for steuing(e ger. (a).
Associated quotations
a
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)480 : Strowynge, or dede of strowynge: Sternicio.
- (1452) Acc.St.Mary Thame in BBOAJ 976 : Item, we recevyd of ye parson for strawyng of ye schersche, ij s. vi d.
b
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Gen.31.34 : Sche..hidde the idols vndur the strewyngis [WB(1): literyng; L stramenta] of the camel.
- (1434) *Acc.R.Witham : [Girl takes out of a pasture] erbas voc Strewyng.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)307 : Lytere, or strowynge of horse and other beestys: Stramentum, subsisternium.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)480 : Strowynge, or mater to strowe wythe: Stramentum.
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)368 : A Strewynge: stramentum.
c
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)83a/a : Also, bathes beþ goode, & frotinges wiþ hote & openinge herbis & strewinge [vrr. strewyngis; stewinges, stewing; L suffumigationes] of [vrr. þat, so þat; L vt] þe closed pores may be I-opened.