Middle English Dictionary Entry
youling ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | youling ger. |
| Etymology | From youlen v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. gouling(e ger., yelling(e ger., yoȝelinge ger.
1.
(a) Loud wailing, lamentation; noisy outcry, clamor; also, a loud cry;
(b) the howling of a wolf.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Gen.27.38 : Esau…with a grete ȝoulyng he wepte.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Amos 1.14 : Y shal kyndyl fijr in the wall of Rabba, and it shal deuoure his housis, in ȝoulyng in the day of bateyle, and in whirlwynd in the day of meuyng to gydre.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Zech.11.3 : Voice of ȝoulyng of sheperdis, for the grete doyng of hem is distruyed.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1278 : Swich sorwe he maketh that the grete tour Resouneth of his yowlyng and clamour.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)179/20 : Als sone as sho oppynd hur mouthe to shryfe hur, he vanysshid away with grete crying & yowlyng.
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)427 : Ȝowlynge: vlulatus.
b
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.200 : Þe wolf wiþ ȝoulinge makiþ sheep to flokke for drede.