Middle English Dictionary Entry
yẹ̄nseiing ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | yẹ̄nseiing ger. Also yensaiinge, ȝenseiing, ȝeinsaiing, ȝeinsigging, ȝainsiggeing, ȝainsigeinge, (N) gainseiing, (NEM) gansaiing. |
| Etymology | From yẹ̄nseien v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. ayen-saiing ger., withseiing(e ger.
1.
(a) The expression of a contrary opinion, contradiction, opposition; also, contention, conflict; water of ~, the spring of Meribah ‘place of grumbling’; withouten (ani) ~, without opposition or objection, unquestioningly; also, without contrariness [quot. c1390];
(b) denial;
(c) ?repudiation, retraction; ?reservation.
Associated quotations
a
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)79.7 : Þou sett vs in ȝain-siggeing to our neyburs, and our enemys scorned vs.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)105.31 : Hij tariden Moyses atte water of ȝainsygeinge.
- c1390 Lord my God (Vrn)61 : Boxum me make wiþ-oute feyning…Vmble wiþ-outen ȝein-siggyng, Suffraunt wiþ-outen grucchyng.
- a1400(?a1325) Bonav.Medit.(1) (Hrl 1701)637 : Cryst…vpp stey…þat cros an hy; Withoute ȝenseyyng he gan vp wende.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.184 : Þis lond salle be ȝours…withouten gansaying.
- (1423) Let.Bk.in Bk.Lond.E.(Gldh LetBk I & K)114/197 : He shal appere without eny yensayinge at þe callyng of þe Rectour and þe two Surveiours of Phisyk.
- 1386-1398(a1349) Rolle Com.LG (Rwl A.389)62 : Þe commaundement of god is, þat we lufe oure lord…in al oure sowle…with-outen ȝeynsaiyng.
- (1439) Doc.in Morsbach Origurk.18 : Ye forseyd margere and Richard schal hafe for ye terme of yer lyfes…half ye landes…with-owton any geynseyng.
- (1472) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.73 : All the priveyes longyng to the same tenement shall doo to be voided clensed…as often as nede shall require…without eny geynseying or delay.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)17.47 : Thou sall out take me fra the gaynsaiyngs [L contradiccionibus] of folke; thou sall sett me in heued of genge.
b
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)1163 : Caym sau his sinne was knaued…And sau þat gain-saying was nan.
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)11364 : Þis child…Sal be to fele men in dune falle, And to fele in uprising, In takning alsua of gainsaying [Ld: yen-seying].
- a1425(c1300) NHom.(1) Dom.infra Nativ.(Cmb Gg.5.31)p.75 : Seynt Symeon…spake of Crist…Bath in rysyng and in fallyng And in takyng of gayn seying.
c
- (1438) Will Norwich in Nrf.Archaeol.4330 : This is my ful wyll…that it be fulfylled indede wt owtyn ony maner of condicion of geynseying of me or ony man in my name.
- (1476) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.106 : To doo with his oune propre prisoners without lettyng, reclayme, chalenge, or geynseying of me…or of eny other persone for me.