Middle English Dictionary Entry
bǒnchen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | bǒnchen v. Also bunchen, bunshen, bunsen, bunkin. |
| Etymology | Prob. imitative; ?cp. bonche n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To deliver a blow; beat, pound (sb.); ~ on brest, beat one's breast (in contrition); (b) to stamp; (c) to thrust, push.
Associated quotations
a
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)50a : Ant þer ȝe schule seon bunkin [vrr. buncin, bunsen, berien] him wið þes deofles betles.
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)prol.71 : He bonchede [vr. bunched] hem with his Breuet and blered heore eiȝen.
- a1425 Celestine (LdMisc 463)730 : Take penaunce wiþ gode wille and bonche on breost.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)3120 : I schal þee bunche with my bat.
- c1450(?a1422) *Lydg.LOL (Dur-U Cosin V.2.16)2.1577 : They bonche [vrr. betith, knokken] ther brestez, with fistez wondir sore.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)4404 : Be fore and be hynd þei bunsched hym bytterly.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)13539 : Thys ylke two..Gan bete on me and bonche sore.
b
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)24.27 : An hors..so bonchede & ferde with his feet, that it thowghte the schipe to bersten.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)66/29 : Take þe rede dockys and bunchem small.
c
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)416 : Punchyn or bunchyn: Trudo, tundo, impello.