Middle English Dictionary Entry
tīning(e ger.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | tīning(e ger.(2) Also (error) tymung. |
| Etymology | From tīnen v.(2). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The act of losing something; loss; also, destruction.
Associated quotations
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)18261 : Sathan..All þat þu wan..thoru þe tinning of paradis, Nu has þou tint.
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)23602 : Þat god has giuen ham to þaire mede, of þe tining haue þai na drede.
- a1425 *Wel.225 Recipes (Wel 225)44/86 : For tynynge of talent of met: Tak centaury.
- c1450 Okure þrow (Eg 2810)p.232 : If he take half wynnyng fre, Witouten oker may þat not be, Fore he wille..noȝt alow if þer be tynnynge.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)4 : Al dred more lest þei geit þer of harme to þe soule, and tymung [?read: tynning] for defaut of trespase.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)7611 : The grekes for..the grete harmys..& tynyng of pepull Made myche murmur.