Middle English Dictionary Entry
blēring(e ger.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | blēring(e ger.(2) Also bloringe. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Loud weeping, wailing; (b) an insulting outcry; mockery.
Associated quotations
a
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)40 : Bloryynge [Win: blorynge] or wepynge: Ploratus, fletus.
b
- 1425(a1400) Spec.Chr.(1) (Lnsd 344)87/2 : Synnys of þe mouthe:..Scornful bleringe.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)39 : Blerynge or mowynge wythe the mowthe: Valgia. Blerynge wythe mowe makynge: Patento, valgio.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)295/11 : Fals endytyng, grennyng, dyspytous blering, mowys makyng.