Middle English Dictionary Entry
tugginge ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | tugginge ger. Also (early) tog(g)unge. |
| Etymology | From tuggen v.; cp. OE togung (from togian). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. touing ger.
1.
(a) The act of dragging or pulling; ?the act of unseating someone from a horse [1st quot.]; also, the act of handling someone roughly, mistreating or abusing someone physically; (b) scuffling, struggling; amorous or lascivious tussling or touching.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)8804 : Þer was fleinge and wiþ-stonding..Tireing, togging, and ouerþroweinge.
- ?a1425(?c1350) NHom.(3) Pass.(RwlPoet 175)1733 : Þai ruged it [Christ's robe] of with-outen rest, When it so to þe flessh was fest, Þat with þair tugyng in þat tyde All bled eft-sone bath bak and syde.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)495 : Toggynge, drawynge: Attractulus.
- 1591(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hnt HM 2)134/199 : For thy tooth here is good tugginge..on this loyne thow may have good lugginge.
b
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)106/25 : Wil to þet fulðe wið skiles ȝettunge..hunti þrefter wið wohunge, wið toggunge [Nero: togginge; Cleo: togunge] oðer wið eni tollunge..mei beon heaued sunne.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)495 : Toggynge, or strogelynge: Colluctacio.