Middle English Dictionary Entry
unguling ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | unguling ger. |
| Etymology | ?From L ungula claw, instrument of torture; ?error for ME roggeling ger. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Some kind of disturbance of the intestines, prob. a rumbling or growling.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) Trev.Barth.(Add 27944:Seymour)968/31 : Herbes of mores and of mareys…bredeþ watry blood þat dissolueþ hemself soone fro þe membre and breediþ swellyng and vngulyng [?read: rugulyng; L rugitum] and crullyng in þe guttes.