Middle English Dictionary Entry
thring(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | thring(e n. Also (SWM) thrunchg & (early SW or SWM) þrung(e, (SWM) dringe & (in place names) tringe-, -dringh. |
| Etymology | From OE geþring, ge)þryng, geþryngc. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. threng(e n., throng n.
1.
(a) A crowd, throng; a company; (b) a mass of soldiers engaged in battle; ?also, the thick of battle, a melee; (c) distress, anxiety, trouble; also, a pain or pressure caused by some kind of disease [last quot.]; (d) in place names [see Smith PNElem.2.213].
Associated quotations
a
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)84/3 : Na nurð ne þrung of folc ne mahte letten him of his beoden.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)84/16 : Engel to mon i þrung ne eadewede neauer ofte.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)86/10 : Þe bere a deore licur..in a feble uetles..nalde ha gan ut of þrung [Nero: þrunge] bute ha fol were?
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)6211 : Febus..lette beoden his ferde..þat heo comen to hustinge mid alle heore þringe.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)7467 : At-foren al þan dringe [Otho: þringe] heo eode to þan kinge.
- a1300 Þo ihu crist (Jes-O 29)72 : Monye..vrnen vt of þe bureuh myd wel Muchel þrynge.
- (a1333) Herebert Þou kyng (Add 46919)12 : Þou þat ouercome þe bitter dethes stunchg, Þou openedest hoeuene-ryche to ryth byleues þrunchg.
- a1500(?a1475) Guy(4) (Cmb Ff.2.38)3428 : The sowdan dud before hym brynge All hys goddys in a thrynge.
b
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)13738 : Cnihten hælden to þan uihten amidden þan þrunge þer heo þihkest weoren.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)13891 : Muchel mon-slæht wes þere..i þan mucle þrunge [Otho: þringe].
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)15400 : Brien..his pic he nom an honden..and imong al þan þrunge þærsten him i þan ruge.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)5056 : Þou dest foliliche, Þo þou folwedest hunting Ani man in þis gret þring.
- a1425 KAlex.(LinI 150)2517 : Aboutyn heom þey can go, Par force smyten in þe þrynge.
c
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)49/24 : Ha putte euch worldlich þrung [Nero: þing]..ut of hire heorte.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)86/5 : Leaueð þe world & cumeð to me for þer ȝe schulen beon i þrung, ah reste & peis is in me.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)11821 : In his heued he has þe scall, þe scab over-gas his bodi all, In his sides him held þe thring [Trin-C: þing].
d
- (1281) EPNSoc.8 (Dev.)162 : Thevedryngh.
- (1281) EPNSoc.8 (Dev.)211 : Tringewelle.
- (1330) EPNSoc.8 (Dev.)162 : Thevethryng.