Middle English Dictionary Entry
yēringe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | yēringe n. |
| Etymology | ?From yēr n.(2); cp. yēren v.(2). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
?The warm season of the year, summer's heat.
Associated quotations
- c1400 Daniel *Herbal (Arun 42)f.64r : Bruk is a maner of flye .., Eruca, an eruk, also is a litel werm .. & comownly it comown of papilyons, boterflyes, of maukys of flyes; but wherof brukes comyn wot no man, but of ȝeryng & of wik eyr.
- a1425 Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Wel 225)315/4479 : Þe sam uryn…sais fe[ver] planeticam…& namely in autumpne & in wynter; For þan comonly het of þe yerynge & of þe son [Roy 17.D.1 (2.9;182/50): hete goand biforn] is not ȝit a fully quenchyd.