Middle English Dictionary Entry
adling ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | adling ger. Also ad(d)illing. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Earnings, wages; (b) that which one deserves, desert, merit.
Associated quotations
a
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)227/2,33 : Þis mason despendid his adlyng..in almos-dede..& devydid his adlyng into werkis of charitie.
b
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)17705 : Þu best ta demmd To dreȝhenn helle pine All affterr þatt tin addlinng iss, Na lasse, ne na mare.
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)14/1 : Of þare addillynge it is also þat þai vtward with playne argumentis gaynstandys þe treuth.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)440/2 : It longid not alonelie vnto þe blude to hafe rewle, bod rather vnto þe adlyngis & vnto the governance.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)1a : Adyllyng: meritum, gracia.