Middle English Dictionary Entry
chẹ̄singe ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | chẹ̄singe ger. Also chiezinge, chosing. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The act or fact of making a choice, selecting, or electing; (b) the fact of being chosen or adopted.
Associated quotations
a
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)42 : Ham þet..byeþ ichose to dyngnetes of holi cherche..þet me makeþ be chyezinge.
- 1389 Nrf.Gild Ret.30 : viij men of the aldermannes chesynge..schulen chesen an alderman.
- (1395) Wycl.37 Concl.(Tit D.1:Compston)746 : Elde decrees..þat ȝeuen þe chesigne of þe erchebisshop to alle his suffragans to chese þe beste among hem.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Cl.(Manly-Rickert)E.162 : Lat me allone in chesyng of my wyf.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)8566 : Wisli þou has in chesing [vrr. chosing, chois] don.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)14430 : He gaf þaim..king dauid thoro chesing.
- a1425(?c1384) Wycl.Church (Bod 788)342 : Bileve techiþ þat þe chesyng maad of man is fals signe.
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)43/29 : Þe autors of chesyng of þe prioresse.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)20a/a : Delectus: chesyng.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)19/24 : For the chesing of anoþer sowdan.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)73 : Chesynge or choyse: Electio.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)274 : Neiþer my willing or chesing of it.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)504 : Willingis or nyllingis, þat is to sey chesingis and refusingis.
- a1450 Gener.(1) (Mrg M 876)7476 : An hundreth knightes..Of my chesing, armed clene.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)4a : Þe chesing of ȝong men to kniȝthod..and how kniȝtis schul be preued.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.297 : Than is no liberte in mannes side, Ne in oure chesyng is no cheuysshaunce.
- (1471) Paston (Gairdner)5.122 : I pray ȝow, be at schesyng there of.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)48 : Of the ministris of Crist is no chesing.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)78 : Chesing of þe prestis requiriþ þe assent of þe peple.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)113/1 : Þe outwarde werk haþ no moral goodnes save which he haþ of þe inward willing and chesing.
- a1500(?c1378) Wycl.OPastor.(Ryl Eng 86)433 : Siþ þis is a skileful reule þat goddis lawe ȝyueþ to prestis and clerkis, why shulden þey leeue þis for a willeful chesing þat þey taken of þe olde lawe?
b
- a1200 Trin.Hom.Creed (Trin-C B.14.52)19 : Ure helende crist is his onlepi sune noht after chesunge ac after strene.
- (c1384) WBible(1) Prol.Mat.(Dc 369(2))p.1 : Fro feyth of bileuynge, that was in Abraham, in to the tyme of chesynge, that was in Dauith..in to the day of transmygracioun.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)20936 : Paul..was..In chesing [Frf: chosing] last, formast in spelle.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)11/27 : Seynt Nycholas ys heghly yprayset..for his meke lyuyng, for his heuenly chesyng, and for his gret compassyon.