Middle English Dictionary Entry
thingen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | thingen v. Also þinge, þingie, þingiæn; ppl. þingende, þinȝende; p.ppl. geðingod. |
| Etymology | OE þingian |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To make a plea; also, make intercession (for sb.), intercede (with God for sb.); reconcile (sb. with God).
Associated quotations
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)46/32 : He..ferde þa to sumre cirice þe wæs to lofe þære eadigen Marien gehalgod..& þingunge bæd..& cwæð þæt heo him geðingod hæfe wið þone Heofonlice Deme hire agene Sune.
- c1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Dom.2 Quadr.(Bod 343)54/4 : We sculon..þingiæn þæt we moten þa wite forbuȝon & to þam ece life bicumen.
- c1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Evang.(Bod 343)12/30 : Ic sylf wulle biddan ðone ylcæ Fæder, for eow þinȝende.
- c1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Evang.(Bod 343)20/6 : Ic sylf wylle biddæn ðone ylcæ Fæder, for eow þingende.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)8997 : Uss birrde itt georne sekenn, To þingenn uss wiþþ ure Godd Þurrh bedess & þurrh lakess.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)18124 : Ure Laferrd..Iss Prest..Hiss follc to þingenn wel inoh Towarrd Drihhtin off Heffne.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)15 : Sainte poul..munegeð us..to done þe six dede.. þe bilige to brihtnesse; he þingie us to þe holie fader of heuene, þat he geue us mihte and strengðe to forletene þesternesse.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)43 : Do we ec mid ure wel dede þingen us wið ure helende.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)49 : Bidde we þenne þe heuenliche quen þat hie us þinge to hire holie kinebern.