Middle English Dictionary Entry
tolling(e ger.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | tolling(e ger.(2) |
| Etymology | From tollen v.(2). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Taking of taxes, assessing of tolls; also, a demand for contributions; (b) payment in grain for grinding, multure.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Dub 69)p.145 : Tollyng [Hrl 874: þorouȝ her talliage þat þai maken þai bryngen þe symple folk in to synne].
- a1425(?c1375) NHom.(3) Leg.(Hrl 4196)136/416 : Saint Mathew..A tolled [read: toller] was..And kepid toll in a cete..With tolling mikell gude he gat.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)1.101 : Sueche ryche clothyngge of þe ymage is but a tollynge of more offryng.
b
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)496 : Tollynge, of myllarys: Multura, vel molitura.