Middle English Dictionary Entry
brōding ger.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | brōding ger.(1) |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Enlargement, extension.
Associated quotations
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)311 : Þe strecchyng and þe broding of þe seid gouernauncis is bi feiþ made of vs aftir þat þe bifore seid feiþis ben of vs receivid, and so þo gouernauncis as in her seid ampliacioun or larging is maad of vs bi doom of feiþ.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)118.32 : Bradynge of hert is delytynge of rightwisnes.