Middle English Dictionary Entry
birling ger.
Entry Info
Forms | birling ger. Also brilling. |
Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Serving (of drinks); (b) meting out (of justice).
Associated quotations
a
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)51 : Bryllynge of drynke: Propinacio.
b
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)74.7 : For chalis of clere wyn, that is, birlynge of rightwis dome, is in the myght of oure lord.