Middle English Dictionary Entry
calling ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | calling ger. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Outcry, shouting; the cries used in driving oxen; the cackling of hens.
Associated quotations
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)563 : For here care & here calling, hem cam to crist heuen king.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)122/32 : He had herd speke his owne langage before, & the callynge of oxen at the plowgh [Eg: as men drafe bestez].
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)58 : Cakelynge, or callynge of hennys: Gracillacio.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)21a : A Callynge: vocatio..vociferatio.
2.
(a) A request, a demand; ~ ayen, recalling, revoking; (b) praying, prayer.
Associated quotations
a
- (1425) Doc.in Morsbach Origurk.11 : We were present at Draughton at þe callyng and preyur of on Emayne Eleyne.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)58 : Callynge or clepynge a-ȝene: Revocacio.
- (1458) Let.Sou.in Sou.RS 22 (Sou SC.2/9/2)18 : As fore John Tyer, he cam not yn the corte..by cause of callyng fore money.
b
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)19095 : Þe callyng on his holy name Haþ sent hele into þis lame.
3.
(a) A summons or an invitation; also, a command; (b) the call to salvation; ?also, the way of life of the elect; (c) ?mystical rapture in the contemplation of God, ecstasy.
Associated quotations
a
- a1300(?a1250) Serm.Atte wrastlinge (Trin-C B.1.45)107 : Al þis liuen in here flescis lustis..ne for Godis kalling ne for his manacing hem, ne schriuen ne God dredin.
- c1390 Talking LGod (Vrn)38/9 : I..wolde not arysen for non of þi callynges.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)4347 : Ȝyf ȝe slepe at hys kallyng, Ȝe shul nat come yn at þe weddyng.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1362 : Þurȝ þe cuntre of Caldee his callyng con spryng, Þat alle þe grete..schulde..assemble at a set day at þe saudans fest.
- (1423) Let.Bk.in Bk.Lond.E.(Gldh LetBk I & K)114/214 : He shalle appere without eny yensaynge atte callynge of þe Rectour of Medicyns.
- a1425 HBk.GDei (Arun 507)145 : Sen a knyght has grete likyng to be cald to come speke with þe kynge..ilk cristen man at þe callyng of his lauerd god agh redi to be.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)58 : Callynge or clepynge to-gedyr: Convocacio..Callynge or clepynge to mete: Invitacio.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)25378 : He..þowhte he herde kyng Boors callyng.
- (1457) LRed Bk.Bristol2.185 : That all men of the seid craft go togidere at the callyng of the Maister of the seid craft.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)308/5 : My body and this thirty knyghtis shall be allway at your somonns, bothe erly and late at your callynge.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)46/108 : At ȝoure callyng I am redy.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Add 9066)427 : I shuld rather at on Callyng renne to my makere.
b
- a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)1 Cor.1.26 : Þerfore see ȝee ȝoure callyng [L vocacionem], breþere, for not manye wyse..nor manye myghty..but god cheess þoo thynges þat ar foltyd of þe world.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)288 : Þey and we ben of oo kynde, of oon calling and to þe same eende to be oonyd in an oþer world, and in þe same service to lyue in þis world.
c
- a1425(?a1400) Cloud (Hrl 674)126/9-10 : It schal be bot ful seeldom & in special callyng of oure Lorde þat þei schul fele þe perfeccion of þis werk; þe whiche callyng is clepid rauisching.
4.
The entertainment of a guest; hospitality shown or received.
Associated quotations
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)11536 : Þai [the three kings] tok þair leue..And thanked ioseph curtaisli O þair calling and herbergeri.
5.
Naming, nomenclature; bi ~, by name.
Associated quotations
- a1475 Russell Bk.Nurt.(Hrl 4011)772 : The second course, 'colericus' by callynge, Fulle of Fyghtynge, blasfemynge, & brallynge.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)44/8 : Who euere wole chalenge my..namyngis of þe ije and iije membre..lete him assigne to me specyal according names to þo ij membris..and y wole anoon forbere and absteyne me fro þe seid maners of calling.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (1442) Reg.Spofford in Cant.Yk.S.23 ()252 : Considre youre vocacion to youre saide cure, not by you desired, but at the instans of oure noble noble progenitor after youre worth..and encrese of youre meryte in so gracyouse a callyng.
Note: New subsense. Quot. belongs to sense 3.
Note: Gloss: A particular way of life, a vocation (particularly a religious or divinely inspired vocation).
Note: Form section: Also callinge, kalling.--notes per MLL