Middle English Dictionary Entry
trēting(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | trēting(e ger. |
| Etymology | From trēten v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Negotiating, bargaining, seeking terms; also, a session of negotiation, meeting, discussion of terms; (b) the hearing of cases in a court of law.
Associated quotations
a
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)207/28 : Þey þat haue ryȝtfull batayle..don harme or waste wyth all here host, whanne be tretyng or counseylyng þei myȝte haue sped bettere..muste restore to hem þat haddyn þe harme.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)135/24 : In the same tyme was grete tretyng betwix þe lordis for pes of þe lond.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)167/12 : Aftur mani respites of deliberacion..& a bisi tretinge I-made bitwene hem..Þei submitted hem to þe ordinans of þe fore-seide delegate.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)632/5 : Aftur mony tretinges of þe same mater, þei compownid frendli, bi counsel of wise men, & restid bi þis ende, [etc.].
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)7851 : Hit is falshed in faythe..All þaire tretyng of tru turny vs to harme.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)9935 : Than to Priam..þai sent ffor a tru to be taken with treatyng of mowthe.
b
- (c1425) Doc.Lynn in Nrf.Archaeol.6223 : Sacramentum xxiiijor juratorum..Sire, ȝe shal swere þat ȝe shal..truli deeme bitwene þe king & parti, & bitwene parti and parti whanne ȝe shal be lawfulli clepid þerto..and honestli have ȝou wiþ ȝoure felaws in riȝt tretyng, deemyng, and verdijt ȝelding.
2.
An act of handling or touching.
Associated quotations
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)319/30 : Yn þe fondement þere ben ragadyes..fykes, and condilomata, Whos cause ben euel, roten humores, and apostemes and woundes euel-helede, and unrewly frotynges and tretinges.
3.
(a) ?Considering, giving thought; ?engaging in discussion; (b) ?being concerned, imagining; ?having as one's intention or design; (c) exercising control, exerting undue influence.
Associated quotations
a
- a1500 Imit.Chr.(Dub 678)10/28 : Eschue þou noyse & þe prees of men..ffor tretyng and talking of secular dedes..lettiþ muche.
b
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Josh.22.24 : If we diden bi that mynde that we schulden putte theronne brent sacrifice..he seke and deme, and not more bi that thouȝt and tretyng that we seiden, ȝoure sones schulen seie..'What is to ȝou and to the Lord God of Israel?'
c
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)354 : Þe infeccioun, letting, cumbraunce, and treting of mannys resoun and wil, which ben cheef powers to serve god..is so greet doon and maad bi greet haunt and bisy vse of þe seid fleischli deedis þat it is more cheseable to forsake al at oonys.
4.
Treating a subject formally, discoursing on a topic; the handling or treatment of a topic; an exposition, analysis, or examination of a matter.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) Trev.Barth.(Add 27944:Seymour)996/10 : Þer it is yseyde þat of mandragora is dyuers kynde and after moche tretyng..folweþ in þis manere, [etc.].
- c1400 Apoc.(2) (Hrl 171)5/58 : His mater of tretynge is such: At þe firste he settiþ a litil prolog, where he seiþ þe name of þe book, [etc.].
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)517/26 : For þat Galien passede by it..in Libro de Subtiliante Dieta, I leue of þe fulle tretynge [L pertractationem] at þis tyme.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)223 : More þer of schal be tauȝt in þe vje trety of þe ije partye and in oþere placis bi cause of lengir tretyng to be had þerupon.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)26 : Whanne euer eny mater is tretid bi it which is his ground and bi it which is not his ground, it is more to truste to the treting which is mad ther of bi the ground than bi the treting ther of bi it which is not ther of the ground.
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)7 : Now of þe ȝatis of rome wallis and towris schal be our tretyng, folowyng euyr þe steppis of our elde.
- (c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)115/9 : Þer ben vij ȝiftis of þe holi goost..of whiche al togidere þe gaderyng and þe tretyng..makiþ a ful greet bulk in writyng.
- a1500 PParv.(Add 22556)502 : Tretyng [Hrl 221: Trete: Tractatus].