Middle English Dictionary Entry
chastīinge ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | chastīinge ger. Also chasteing & chasting. |
| Etymology | From chastīen & chāsten. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Disciplinary action, as (a) admonition, rebuking, criticism; (proper) training, discipline; (b) chastising, punishment; affliction; (c) castigation or subduing (of the flesh); (d) taming (of horses).
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 SLeg.John (LdMisc 108)394 : Vuel anastingue to folie wolie wiende.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)28097 : Qua chastid me, me thoght hethyng, and snybbyd þam þair chastyyng.
- a1425 Cursor (Glb E.9)29402 : A maister of lare may bete a clerk, bot noght ouer sare, and þat it be for enastiing anely.
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)41/35 : Þe barnis..with-outyn and with-in..sal þai haue geting & chastiing.
- c1425 Found.St.Barth.33/4 : And with fadirly chastynge compelle vs to entre the soper of the Lambe.
b
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)68/35 : To done godes heste, chastinge þolye, and techinge onderuonge.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)88.32 : Ȝif his childer..haue for-saken my lawe..Y shal uisite in chasteing her wickednesses.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)4.117 : Til..childryn cherissyng be chastyng with ȝerdes.
- c1440 PLAlex.(Thrn)88/31 : Me thynk ȝour lyffynge es noȝte blyssed bot wrechid, and as it ware a chastyng to ȝowe.
- a1450 Ben.Rule(2) (Vsp A.25)1244 : Light penance for litil thing, And for gret greuus chastying.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)17.39 : Thi disciplyne amendid me..thi chastiynge suffirs me noght to erre fra the end.
c
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)28974 : Chastiyng [Glb: chastyng] o flexs..In praier, fasting, wand and wak.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)29025 : Fasting..falles to flexsli chastijng.
d
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)192b/a : In thessalia were first y founde..vse of chastyng of horses.