Middle English Dictionary Entry
uggen v.
Entry Info
Forms | uggen v. Also ug(ge, uge, uggone, ughe, hug(ge, huge, (16th cent.) houge, hoge & (early SWM) uggi. |
Etymology | Chiefly N. ON: cp. OI ugga. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To be fearful, fear; also, tremble, shudder, quake;—also refl. [quot. ?c1450]; ~ with, be fearful because of (sth., a devil), shudder at, dread;
(b) impers. him uggeth, he fears (to do sth.); you uggeth with, you shudder at (sth.);
(c) to dread (sth.); also, with inf.: dread (to do sth.).
Associated quotations
a
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)6419 : For þa paynes er swa fel and hard…Þatilk man may ugge, bathe yhunge and alde, Þat heres þam be reherced and talde.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)509 : Vggone, or haue horrowre: Horreo, exhorreo.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)209/9 : So a noder day hym thoght at a fend come & constreynyd hym to com to his rakenyng befor þe hye iuge of hevyn, and he vgged so with þe fend þat he cryed hugelie & said he wold nott go with hym.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)5360 : He rared and cryed so orribilly Þat his neghburs þat hard him cry Þar of þaim vggyd and grysed.
- c1475(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Hrl 661)p.199 : Vgge [Grafton alt.: houge; Grafton: She…counseled all hir susters to dooe the same, To make their fooes to hoge so with the sight].
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)34.7 : Wha is that vggis not with a way that is bath myrke and sklither?
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)90.5 : Thou sall noght hafe dred of anguys and pyne that makis men to drede and to huge [vr. ug] as nyght dos.
b
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)50/21 : Ȝe schulen bihalde sum cheare toward te pine of helle, þet ow uggi wið ham & fleo þe swiðere ham from mard.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)7069 : What he suld do he na wyste With þe sacrement þat he blyste; him vgged to vse it and to ete.
c
- c1400 PLove (Hrl 2254)18/18 : I vgge to fele my herte vnwoundede wenne I se þe my sauyour so for-woundede for me.
- c1440 PLAlex.(Thrn)27/21 : Þare was so mekill folke dede…þat þe sone wexe eclipte…vggande for to see so mekill scheddynge of blude.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)41.13 : He this felid of the swetnes of heuen and vggid [vr. dred] the perils of the warld.
2.
(a) To feel loathing or disgust; ~ with (ayen, of), feel disgust at (sb. or sth.), loathe, detest; impers. him uggeth ther-with, he feels disgust at something [quot. c1450, 1st];
(b) to loathe (sth.), abhor, detest; ?also, avoid (sth.) [quot. ?a1425]; also, with inf.: detest (doing sth. or seeing sb.), hate (to do sth.) [this sense sometimes difficult to distinguish from sense 1.(c) and vice versa];
(c) to cause (sb.) to feel loathing or disgust; ~ min eres, sound disgusting;
(d) ?to cause (venison) to become loathsome, i.e., rancid; ?error (with preceding ne) for neighen v.(1).
Associated quotations
a
- (1434) Misyn ML (Corp-O 236)122/5 : My flesch makis me vg of my-self.
- ?a1450(?c1400) Wycl.LFCatech.(Lamb 408)19/342 : Ne delite not ouer mekyl in smellyng, ne vgge þou not with seknesse of þyn euyn-cristyn.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)157/27 : He spewid oute a grete froske…And when Nero lukid þervppon, hym vggid þerwith.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)220/20 : She…told þaim how sho had done with hur own barn, And þai vggid þer-with.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)223/18 : Sho made hur selfe so vile…þat ilkone vggid with hur, to so mykell þat þai wold not eate with…hur.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.74.52b : He schulde more vggen and arisen again an iuel wille of enuye or ire to is euencristen þan many a steringe and likyng eiþer of glotonie or lecherie.
- c1475(a1400) Boasting & P.(Rwl C.285)123 : A mane þat sothfastly has forsakene þe luf of þe werld…flees all prid, brekes doune wrethe…vggis with enuy.
b
- c1400 PLove (Hrl 2254)42/6 : Hee fleeth worshipes…& vggeth [vr. hateþ] preysynge.
- ?a1425 Chauliac(1) (NY 12:Wallner)2.40/18 : Vgg [L abhorreat] he or drede he spicez & garlec & oynounz & strong wynez.
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)43/18 : Erthely ioy þai seek & in þat þai er delitydd, wharfore…All the wayes to þer sawlis heelfull þa forsak & þa vg als strayte, scharp, & vnabyll to be borne to þer lust.
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)64/4 : A trew sawle…lufys meyknes; vaynglory it vggis, for myrth euer-lastyng onely desyrand.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)117/11 : Knowis þou not how my husband vgis to see lepre men?
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)478/13 : Þou vggid to sla so mych innocent blude.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.54.36b : As þou wuldest beren it doun and goo þourwȝ it, þou schalt vggen and loþen þis nouȝt riȝt as þe deuel of helle.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)109 : Wylful begging of stalworþ men…of Salomon…is vggid and many fold reprouid of holy doctoris.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)65b : To hugge [Monson: Huge]: Abhominari, destestari.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)133b : To Vgg [Monson: Vge], in h litera s. hugg.
c
- (1434) Misyn ML (Corp-O 236)122/4 : If my handis schyne as clennes…ȝit sall þou toche me with fylth, for venial synnes þat may not be esschwyd, & my clothes sall vg me.
- (1434) Misyn ML (Corp-O 236)124/24 : Qwhen he may lufe criste, all þinge þat he will haue he trowes he has, & with-outyn hym all þinge hym vggis & waxis fowle.
- a1500 Consideryng effectually (Cmb Hh.4.12)130 : Thys piteuows gret complaynt of thys yong persone Vggyd so myn erys my tounge cowd not refrayne To say on thys wyse, ‘yong man, leve thy Mone.’
d
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.33 : For to save venysone fro restyng: Take venesone…And cover hit alle with ferne playn…And whenne þou hast covered hit so, Lede hit home, selor hit lay Þat wynde ne sone ne ughe hit may.