Middle English Dictionary Entry
yẹ̄ting ger.(3)
Entry Info
Forms | yẹ̄ting ger.(3) Also ȝitinge. |
Etymology | From yẹ̄ten v.(4). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The act of addressing someone formally or politely as ‘ye’.
Associated quotations
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)538 : Ȝytynge [Win: Ȝetyng], wythe wurchyp seyynge ‘ȝe’, and not ‘thow’: Vosacio.