Middle English Dictionary Entry
bigginge ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | bigginge ger. Also bugging. Pl. biggin(g)s. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Living or staying (in a place), residence; (b) a dwelling, abode; homestead, home.
Associated quotations
a
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)718 : Long bigging is here nogt god.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)807 : In mirie dale hise bigginge he ches.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)16567 : Þe Bretons passed out..& Englische made her þeyr byggynge.
b
- a1350 Ich herdemen (Hrl 2253)52 : Þe maister budel..seiþ he wole mi bugging bringe ful bare.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)932 : I se no bygyng nawhere aboute.
- a1425(c1333-52) Minot Poems (Glb E.9)25/123 : Now haue þai made þi biging bare, Of all þi catell ertou quite.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)18294 : Pirrus soght afftir the kyng, Fro hous to hous, In his byggyng.
- a1500 Ihesu þt was borne (Adv)p.156 : Jesus..bryng hus all to that bygyng bryghth Ther joy and blys ys euer lastonde.
2.
(a) The act of constructing or building (a church, a city, etc.); in ~, under construction; (b) manner of building, architectural design.
Associated quotations
a
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)762 : An oðer alter abram seli Made..At damaske is ðe ðridde stede, Quer abram is bigging dede.
- (1430) Will Durham in Sur.Soc.279 : I wylle yat cccc marc..bee dispendet vpon bygging of yeir Kyrk.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)4431 : In bigging of burgis & bilding of toures.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)524/6 : Þis bisshop had a kurk of our Ladie in byggyng.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)5.145 (v.1:p.79) : Thou may byen it of thi brothir and restoren hym ageyn the goode which he trowith to han lost in the biggyng therof.
b
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.436 : His..paleys principal, Þat was in biggyng so excellent royal.
- c1440 PLAlex.(Thrn)54/9 : Alexander þan went in-to þe kynges Palace, and..merueyled hym gretly of þe biggyng þare-off.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)334 : Ile..made a cite of fair byggynge..Ilye after Ile hit hight.
3.
(a) A building, edifice; (b) a city or town.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)23453 : To se bigginges and fair tunes.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)4782 : Þe sevend day, byggyns doun sal falle And grete castels.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)9118 : Þe lanes and stretes..With þe bygynges on ilk syde standand.
- c1440(a1350) Isumb.(Thrn)78 : Brynned were alle his byggynges bolde.
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)46 : Þere be oþir biggingis, whech to my dom wer mor likly þan þis.
- (1453) *Indent.Wood (ShropRRC Deed 2172) : Ye said Adam shall make ye biggyns with in ye space of iij yere.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)49 : Men dwellen in biggings, but God dwelliþ in holy men..Ihesu ȝed in to þe biggings of þe temple.
- a1500(?a1400) Morte Arth.(2) (Hrl 2252)3767 : Ye be welcome..Vnto thys byggying.
b
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)1898 : He wolde do make A newe biggyng, for Troyes sake.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)13b : Byggynge: Construccio, structura, emporacus.
4.
Furtherance, edification.
Associated quotations
- a1425(?a1400) PCounsel.(Hrl 674)169/3 : Sumtyme oure Lorde wol wiþdrawe þi sensible feruors, boþe in bygyng & prouyng of þi pacyence.
- c1450(?a1400) Siege Milan (Add 31042)911 : Who so endys in this felde, In his [Christ's] byggynge sall he belde Euer more in blysse to be.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)35 : To þe bigging of þis, þe prest howiþ to trauel & to be bisi.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1475 Gawain & CC (Brog 2.1)159 : Be þe carle neuer so bolde, I count hym not worthe an har. And ȝeyf he be neuer so stovte, We woll hym bette all abowt And make his beggynge bar.
Note: New form: Also: begginge.
Note: Quot. belongs to sense 2.(a); modify gloss to include 'dwelling, house'.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)7165 : Þere was ostel lyuerynge, Of al newe byggeynge.
Note: New form: Also..biggeinge.
Note: Editor's glossary: "settling into quarters," although I believe 'byggeynge' here means 'construction, building, erection'. The passage refers to the recently established Alexandria and its new buildings.
Note: Quot. belongs to sense 2.(a).
Note: This quot. has been taken back to books.
Note: The list of variant spellings in the form section may be incomplete and / or may need revision to accord with standards of later volumes of the MED.--notes per MLL