| 释义 |
† yedding, vbl. n.
[OE. ᵹiedding, f. ᵹieddian, yed v. + -ing1.]
A song; a speech, discourse; spec. a ‘gest’ or romance in verse.
c950Lindisf. Gosp. Luke xv. 3 Et ait ad illos parabolam istam, & cuoeð to ðæm ᵹeddung ðics. a1350in Thornton Rom. (Camden) 261 Ȝeddyngis, japis, and folies. c1386Chaucer Prol. 237 Wel koude he synge and pleyen on a rote Of yeddynges he baar outrely the pris. a1440Sir Degrev. 1421 And evere Myldore sche sete Harpyng notus ful swet..Songe ȝeddyngus above. c1440Promp. Parv. 537/1 Ȝeddynge, or geest, idem quod geest (or rowmamnce). |