Middle English Dictionary Entry
tinken v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | tinken v.(2) Also ting. |
| Etymology | Origin uncertain: perh. imitative; cp. EFris. tingen, tinken. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. tinklen v.
1.
To emit a light, short metallic sound, tinkle.
Associated quotations
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))1 Cor.13.1 : If I speke with tungis of men and aungels, sothli I haue not charite, I am maad as..a symbal tynkynge.
- c1400 Wycl.CGosp.John (Yk-M 14.D.2:Hudson)76/86 : No but þe word wiþoutforþ lyue of þe innere word þat is vndurstondyng of charite..it is a soun of bras or symbal tynkynge.
- c1400 Life Soul (LdMisc 210)33/8 : I am imad as bras þat souneþ or a cymbale þat tyngeþ.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.265 : Ȝif he speke wiþ..angel tunges, and he haþ not charite, he is made as..a cymbal tynkyng.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)4267 : Thagh he had that grace to speke as aungel..and charite failet..vertu fynd he ne con, Saue as metal that wer sounyng..or as a chymbe began to tyng.