Middle English Dictionary Entry
cǒminge ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | cǒminge ger. Also cuming. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Arrival, approach, coming; visiting, a visit; also, a gathering [quot.: c1390].
Associated quotations
- c1330(?c1300) Amis (Auch)1424 : Amis..waited his coming.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)1888 : For drede of þemperours cominge.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)4.67 : Hanibal, þe tenþe ȝere after his comynge [L adventum], meovede his oost out of Campania.
- c1390(?c1350) SVrn.Leg.(Vrn)40/346 : Him þhouȝte he say..a..gret weddyng, And þer to was a gret comyng Of angeles..Of martires and of halewes.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.819 : Sche hath do set up lyht..Upon a Tour..In hope that in his cominge He scholde se the liht brenninge.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.1529 : Sche waiteth upon his cominge With dansinge and with carolinge.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Cl.(Manly-Rickert)E.912 : Agayns his doghter hastiliche goth he, For he by noyse of folk knew hir comynge.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Fkl.(Manly-Rickert)F.1176 : I knowe..the cause of youre comyng.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)6225 : Quen godds folk his cumming herd, þai bigan to wax ful ferd.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.196 : I conjure the..That myn hous ye ben at my warnynge, For I ful well shal shape youre comynge.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.921 : His prive comyng.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.507 : Now thi comynge is to me so swete, That in this world I nothing so desire.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)2681 : Loke thou be goon ageyn er day. Such comyng and such goyng..Makith lovers..pale and lene.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)7633 : He cowde his comyng not forbere, Though me hym thrilled with a spere.
- (1443-9) Paston2.60 : He askyd hem what here cause was in commyng.
- a1450 Forest Laws (Dc 335)241 : Ony thing..not presented but put in respite in to the commynge of the Justice of the forest.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)12993 : He purpast hym priuely in pathes to lye Knightes, at his comyng to kacche hym olyue.
- c1450(?c1400) 3 KCol.(1) (Cmb Ee.4.32)56/15 : Noon..knewe..of oþirs comyng.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)317/13 : The lady that was beseged had worde of hir sisteris comyng.
- 1485(a1470) Malory Wks.(Caxton:Vinaver)17/16 : Kyng Arthur was glad of their comynge, for he wende that al the kynges and knyghtes had come for grete love.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)257 : He wolle be Right blithe & glad of thi comynge.
- a1500(?a1475) Guy(4) (Cmb Ff.2.38)1682 : For hys comyng he made gode chere.
- a1600(1472) Rec.Bluemantle (Jul C.6)381 : His cominge to toune.
2.
Theol. (a) Christ's coming into this world; Advent; godes ~, the firste ~; (b) Christ's return to judge the living and the dead; second ~, other ~; (c) the ~ of antecrist.
Associated quotations
a
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)82 : Ȝif þat hi [the people] nolde Habbe honoured my comyng, siker þe stones wolde.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)124 : Dauid in þe sauter spak þo of my comynge.
- c1390 Castle Love(1) (Vrn)604 : Dauid and Ysaye..Siggeþ Godes comynge wel.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)1/6 : Sonenday yn þe Aduent, þat ys, þe Sonenday of Cristys comyng.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)2/23 : Þe fyrst commyng of Cryst.
- 1607(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hrl 2124)320/60 : Yea, lord, I am that ilk Iohn..that in world about can gone to warne of thy comminge.
b
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)22741 : Quen he [Jesus] come first..þat com was..dern and hidd..His oþer cuming [vrr. coming, comynge] sal be scau Kithli til þis werld at knau.
- c1400 Bible SNT(1) (Selw 108 L.1)1 John 2.28 : My smale children, dwelle ȝe in hym..þat we ne ben noȝt yschend of hym in his comynge.
- ?a1425 WBible(2) Gloss.Dan.(Cld E.2)7.1 : The visiouns..perteynen to the firste comyng of Crist; but this visioun, with tho that suen, perteynen to the secounde comynge of Crist, that is to the general doom.
- a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)1 Cor.1.8 : Abydande þe reuelacyoun of..crist..þe day of þe comyng of oure lord iesu criste.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)356/99 : He saide that he shuld com agane..That commyng will vs mych gane and oure saules all saue.
c
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)9.20 com. : He bi held the comynge of antecrist.
3.
Misc. uses: (a) access; (b) an attack or assault; (c) an event or accident.
Associated quotations
a
- (1419) Proc.Privy C.2.256 : Havyng hereaftre fre commyng and goyng to Gene as yay of Gene desire to have in to oure reaume of England.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)67a : Hit nediþ to haue siker cu[m]ynge & goynge to þe pasture of his bestis.
b
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)8083 : In þis ich coming Þer were slawe four heþen king.
c
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)50/11 : He þat secreetz discouers..myshappe shal sone sewe him; wherfore, ȝif ȝe do it, þe same comynges ȝe shal lightly ryn in.
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)13/14 : Thou canst nat lyve .. withowt feere, but at euery crye or noyse thou shalt wene to be supprisid, outhir by enemyes or by the inconstaunce of the prive courages, wherof the dispurveyd comynges ben at this day right doubtfull.
4.
Phrases & cpds. (a) coming aboute, coming to the support of (sb.); (b) ~ ayen, a coming back, a return; also, readmission to a religious house; (c) ~ hider, going to or arrival at a place; (d) ~ hom, returning to one's home or country; (e) ~ in, the act of entering; access; approach or entrance (to a building); (f) ~ out, a sally, sortie; outcome; (g) ~ to, arrival; (h) ~ togeder, joining; mating, breeding; (i) ~ upon, an attack.
Associated quotations
a
- a1500 Conq.Irel.(Rwl B.490)57/18 : Throgh herueyes medlynge and comynge about the Erle, and also his besechynge, the kynge toke of hym concayle forto holde leynystre of hym.
b
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.3 : He hadde i-made Athelston his frend by þe comynge of þe swerd..into þe scaberge aȝen [Higd.(2): restorynge].
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)23/19 : Bot siþin, wite sho wel, es tare na cuming a-gain.
- c1440 Bonav.Medit.(3) (Thrn)201 : To kysse þeme at þe comyng-agayne.
- c1450(?c1400) 3 KCol.(1) (Cmb Ee.4.32)144/15 : In her goyng-oute and in her commyngaȝene.
- (a1460) DSPhilos.(Helm)245/34 : I weepe for I haue to go a weye, of whiche I sawe neuer the commynge ageyne.
c
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)17646 : Paisful bi þe cuming hider!
- (1444) Paston2.61 : That is cause of your noun comyng hedir.
d
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.1380 : My joie in wo..torned is..Which with youre comyng hom ayeyn to Troie Ye may redresse.
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)79 : With inne the ferst xl dayes after his comyng home.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)78/33 : At their comyng home.
- a1475(a1456) Shirley Death Jas.(Add 5467)7 : The Kyng's cumyng home out of England ynto Scotteland.
e
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)284a/b : Lest þe forde were y lette by comynge in of þe more elephantes.
- a1400 Ancr.Recl.(Pep 2498)9/31-2 : Þere were fyftene Greces in þe comynge in to þe Temple..Sche seide a psalme at hire comynge in to þe Temple.
- (1464) Let.Bk.Lond.L (Gldh LetBk L)48 : The saide hithe..bi the which the vessels thider resortyng may have their easy comyng yn.
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)20/27 : Vndirstonding, which opynned the wiket of my mynde, knewe them nat at their comyng in.
f
- c1475 Chartier Quad.(1) (UC 85)143/16 : I called to my remembraunce the power and diligence of the enmyes .. and the losse of princes and nobles .. whiche causith me sore to dreede the comynge oute [CQ(2): thisswe] of this fortune.
- a1500 Conq.Irel.(Rwl B.490)151/9 : xiije knyghtes..weryn Slayn at a comynge out of connaght.
g
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)27a : Comyng to: accessus, aduentus.
h
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Gen.30.42 : The laat comyng togidere of beestis.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)69b/b : The comynge to gedre of the þinges þat ben vnioynede.
i
- ?a1425(a1400) Brut-1377 (Corp-C 174)325/29 : In þis comyng oppon of þe Spaynardes, all þe Englissh men eyþer þey were take or slayn.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)90 : Thow hast not thi comynge foorth of dedliche man, but it is come thee of god thi fader..He made thee for a gost..And he putte thee in the bodi..for to enhabite a while.
Note: New phrase and gloss for sense 4.: "~ forth, coming into existence, generation."
Note: The list of variant spellings in the form section is incomplete and needs revision to accord with standards of later volumes of the MED.--notes per MLL
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense 4.(f)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. coming out.