| 释义 |
† ˈmonging, vbl. n. Obs.
Also 1 mang(g)ung, 3 manging(e.
[OE. mangung, f. mangian mong v.1]
Trading, trafficking. In mod. use only as a second element in compounds, as mass-monging, scandal-monging.
c1000Ags. Gosp. Matt. xxii. 5 Ða forᵹymdon hiᵹ þæt & ferdun, sum to his tune, sum to hys manggunge. c1000ælfric Hom. (Th.) I. 524 Se færð embe his mangunge. a1300E.E. Psalter xliii. 14 Þou salde þi folke with-out waringe, And noght was mikelhede in þair manginge. 1560W. Baldwin Funeralles Edw. VI, C ij (Roxb. Club), Repent you, marchantes, your straunge marchandises Of personages, prebends [etc.]..Your monging of vitayles, corne, butter, and cheese.
So † monging ppl. a., as in fashion-monging, mass-monging, merit-monging. |