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sayingn.1 Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: say v.1, -ing suffix1. Etymology: < say v.1 + -ing suffix1. Compare earlier saw n.2 1. the mind > language > speech > [noun] the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [noun] 1340 (1866) 179 (MED) Þe ssame þet me heþ ine þe ziggenge of þe zenne is grat del of þe amendinge. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Petyt) (1996) i. 96 I see in song, in sedgeyng tale of Erceldoun & of Kendale: Non þam says as þai þam wroght, & in þer sayng it semes noght. 1474 W. Caxton tr. (1883) iii. vi. 134 Courtoyse langage and well saynge is moche worth and coste lityll. 1526 2 Thess. ii. 17 Oure lorde Jesu Christ..comforte youre hertes and stablysshe you in all sayinge and goode doynge. 1572 J. Bridges tr. R. Gwalther cxlix. 808 An vnbridled licentiousnesse both in saying and dooing. 1656 R. Baxter v. 284 Saying is one thing, and believing is another. 1913 T. Van Ness xix. 193 We upbraid ourselves, not seeing clearly that the cause for our saying and doing is largely ours to control. 1963 M. L. King iv. 26 One of the great tragedies of life is that men seldom bridge the gulf between practice and profession, between doing and saying. 2000 A. Esterhammer ii. 86 Only the intellect or pure reason posited in Fichte's system achieves a form of knowing in which saying and doing are equivalent. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) 28581 On seuen maners ar þai [sc. sins] for-giuen,..Of hali water þe strenkling, And thoru þe pater noster saying. a1450 tr. Aelred of Rievaulx (Bodl.) (1984) 6 Thou be occupied with redynge of holy faders..that thou mightest by grace gete the som compunccyon of teres and feruour of deuocion in saienge of thy complyn. c1475 (1969) l. 581 (MED) Ewynsong hath be in þe saynge, I trow, a fayer wyll. 1582 W. Allen sig. d1v Saying of Masse hearing of confessions, preaching, and such like dueties and functions of Priesthod. 1661 J. Mayer 27 The saying of the prayers set forth in the Book of Common Prayer. 1687 Royal Proclam. in No. 2221/4 For being Papists, Jesuits, or Traffickers, for hearing, or saying of Mass. 1705 W. Forbes i. ii. 9 He was present at the saying of Mass for a famous Doctor of Paris. 1787 R. Boyd I. xiv. 471 He is exceedingly tormented at the saying of prayers and graces, or reading the Bible. 1845 W. Cory (1897) 38 Saying by heart is a tiresome and unsatisfactory kind of teaching-work. 1877 M. Shaw 68 The rubric before the Consecration Prayer was..expressly intended..to suggest, if not to enjoin, the saying of the prayer in front of the Table. 1959 M. Sarton 116 Plays were as much a part of our daily lives at school as was poetry and the saying of poems. 1997 C. Shaw v. 112 Eating a meal without the ceremonial saying of grace would have been unthinkable in most Scottish households. 2009 D. Cornell xiii. 199 Their heads bowed, they were led in the saying of mass by the abbot of Inchaffray. 2. the mind > language > speech > [noun] > that which is or can be spoken the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > phrase > [noun] > collectively the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > phrase > [noun] 1340 (1866) 58 (MED) Efterward byeþ þe tales and þe uayre zigginges huer-of hi habbeþ moche of ydele blisse. c1400 (?a1300) (Laud) (1952) l. 1661 (MED) Now resteþ Alisaunder jn þis siggyng [a1425 Linc. Inn segyng]—Yhereþ now al oþer þing. ?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac (Paris) (1971) 614 Afterward enoynte þe membre by a fire of chippes..wiþ þis oynement taken of þe sayeng of Avicen [L. vt idem dicit Aui] and of oþere. a1450 (1885) 289 Nought so, sir, his seggyng is full sothly soth, It bryngis oure bernes in bale for to bynde. ?a1450 tr. Macer (Stockh.) (1949) 172 (MED) Vs semeþ þat þey be nat but idel seyinges. a1525 ( (1908) II. 322 And þervppon the kyng, supposyng theyre seying to be trewe, sent his lettrez of priue sygnet to the Officers of this Cite. 1530 J. Palsgrave 427/2 Take no hede to his sayenges for he is madde. 1569 W. Wager sig. Gv But such fooles in their harts do say, That there is no God, neyther Heauen, nor Hell; According to their saying they follow that way. 1611 Psalms xlix. 4 I will incline mine eare to a parable; I will open my darke saying vpon the harpe. View more context for this quotation 1671 J. Milton ii. 104 My heart hath been a store-house long of things And sayings laid up, portending strange events. View more context for this quotation 1713 R. Steele No. 52. 336 It is a Saying I have always admired in Monsieur Bruyere. 1750 tr. C. Leonardus 117 I believe the saying of Pliny is very true, that there is no lie so impudent which is not vouched by authority. 1849 T. B. Macaulay I. v. 660 The King read, and remained, according to the saying of Churchill, hard as the marble chimney-pieces of Whitehall. 1872 Ld. Tennyson Last Tournament in 128 ‘May God be with thee, sweet, when old and gray, And past desire!’ a saying that anger'd her. 1897 B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt (sub-title) Sayings of our Lord. 1929 5 284 Cholmley, Marlowe's atheist convert, and admiring citer of Marlowe's sayings. 1954 E. Muir iii. 105 He generally dismissed me with a pawky saying of Mr Dooley, a popular philosopher for whom he had a great admiration. 1971 8 Dec. 3/ The coaching of Carwyn James is rapidly becoming almost as famous as the sayings of Chairman Mao. 2004 11 June 14/1 With spraypaint he uses Arabic letters to deliver the..sayings of the Prophet..and words that have significant meanings in Islam. the mind > language > speech > speech-making > recitation > [noun] > an act of or recital c1390 J. Gower (Bodl. 902) viii. l. 3081* It sit him wel to singe and daunce, And do to love his entendance In songes bothe and in seyinges After the lust of his pleyinges. the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] > spell > incantation a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng (Harl.) 542 ‘Why,’ seyd he, ‘wyl hyt nat ryse, And y haue do þe same wyse, And seyd þe wurdys, lesse ne mo, And for my seyyng wyl hyt nat go?’ c1500 (1895) 296 So blynd ye are by her sayeng that ye dare not enquere nor knoweth wher she becommeth or gooth. c1600 (c1350) (Greaves) (1929) 531 With all þe wyle of his werk þe waie gon enchaunte, By segging of sorsery. society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > [noun] > testimony or statement of witness > on oath 1443 in E. M. Carus-Wilson (1937) 77 (MED) Of which seying þe contrarie is trewe as it is openly knowen. 1470 in (1767–77) VI. 232/2 Oon Bill is conteyning the sayings of Wake, and writte with his owne hand; and anothir shewyng the saiyngs of the said Daunger, and wrete in the presence of the said Lords. 1517 in B. Cusack (1998) 101 The Saiyng of sir Richard Sparke clerk which wold nott be sworn but Seyd he hard it of a Man which was nott brought afor vs. 1542 T. Elyot at Echinus It was also a vessell of brasse amonge the Greekes, whereinto the sayinge of witnesses were put and sealed. 1593 R. Cosin (rev. ed.) ii. vii. 65 This appeachment made by him that is partaker in a crime; is not to be holden so good, as the saying of a witnesse. 1647 A. Wilbee 14 Wild, wicked, contradictory, distracted, unjust, illegall, unreasonable and uncolourable Votes, Sentences, sayings, Ordinances, Orders and Censures. 1662 R. Wiseman 115 In the mouth of two or three witnesses every saying shall be confirmed. a1726 G. Gilbert (1730) ii. 270 By his saying before Presentment, it seems that if it were presented, 'twere not revocable. 1811 tr. Bye-Laws Inquisition Portugal in tr. H. J. da Costa II. 157 The prisoner shall be questioned in particular as to the sayings of the witnesses who have appeared against him. the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > proverb > [noun] c1390 in F. J. Furnivall (1901) ii. 523 Þe wyse mon in his bok haþ þis seying: Þat þe biginnyng of good liuyng..is God to drede. a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk (Gough) (1905) 86 Ȝe haue a comyn sayng among you, and sayn þat Godys grace ys worth a new fayre. a1500 (1839) 27 For ther is proverbe and a seyenge, that a castelle that spekythe, and a womane that wille here, thei wille be gotene bothe. 1530 J. Palsgrave 698/1 God save you, whiche sayeng we use whan we come firste to ones presence. a1604 M. Hanmer Chron. Ireland 1 in J. Ware (1633) According to the common saying, Where God hath his Church, the Devill hath his Chappell. 1636 R. Baker tr. 32 Tis an old saying; spend, and God will send. 1709 R. Steele No. 50. ⁋8 I can see into a Mill-stone as far as another (as the Saying is). 1768 A. Tucker II. i. 138 It is a common saying that you must set a rogue to catch a rogue. 1833 xiii. 154 I determined to obey one of our backwoods sayings, ‘Lay low and keep dark stranger.’ 1861 F. M. Müller in 23 Feb. xxiv. 250 The name..was amplified into short proverbial sayings. 1936 F. Richards iv. 74 The well-known saying among soldiers when speaking of a man who does queer things, ‘Oh, he's got the Doo-lally tap’. 2005 1 May (Review Suppl.) 20/4 After we bid our farewells, two old poker sayings jostle in my mind. ‘Sometimes, nothing is a good hand,’ while, at other times, ‘the cards you have are irrelevant.’ society > authority > control > [noun] > management or administration > right to take part in society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > [noun] > right to speak in 1487 (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1487 §14. m. 6 That no merchaunt..bere any voice ne have saying in any court. 1568 C. Watson tr. Polybius f. 67v Of the contrary part the Carthaginenses ruled on the seas uncontrolled and hoped wel to have a saying by land. 1569 R. Grafton II. 131 These sixe Aldermen..knowyng that neither the Aldermen, nor the worshipfull of the Citie, should haue any saiyng in the matter, fearing their cause, went into a Canons house of Paules. Phrases1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart II. ccxxvi. f. ccxcivv/2 Bytwene sayenge and doyng is great difference [Fr. entre faire et dire a trop grant difference]. 1562 J. Heywood Three Hundred Epigrammes (new ed.) xxiv. in sig. Rijv Saying and doyng, are twoo thinges, we say. 1613 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne (rev. ed.) ii. xxxi. 400 Saying is one thing, and doing another. 1678 J. Bunyan 108 Well, I see that Saying and Doing are two things . View more context for this quotation 1756 B. Franklin Dec. Saying and Doing, have quarrel'd and parted. 1809 Nov. 429 Saying and Doing do not dine together. 1831 W. Wirt (1849) II. 363 But saying and doing are two things. 1898 June 281 She has promised if she comes to Bristol to come and see me, but saying and doing are two things. 1995 (Republic of Kenya) 23 Mar. 67/1 Saying is one thing and doing is another thing altogether. 1528 W. Tyndale f. lxxviij He shalbe cast oute of the courte or (as the sayenge is) conveyed to Callyce and made a captayne or an ambassadoure. 1559 W. Cuningham 19 You hit the naile on the head (as the saying is). 1613 G. Wither ii. i. sig. N4 For thus the saying goes, and I hold so, Ignorance onely, is true wisedomes foe. 1668 T. Shadwell iv. 67 O rare how we shall cotten together, as the saying is. 1762 T. Smollett II. xvi. 77 One must live, and let live, as the saying is. 1838 Nov. 12/1 As the saying goes, ‘words are the money of fools, and the counters of wise men.’ 1882 Apr. 884/2 [He] could draw to a shoe-string, as the saying went! 1949 F. Maclean iii. ix. 406 After that we mixed a delicious drink in the bath tub, and a good time, as the saying goes, was had by all. 1987 M. R. Higonnet & J. Jenson 11 The only problem with American GIs, so the saying went, was that they were ‘overpaid, oversexed, and over here’. 2014 (Nexis) 5 Jan. c9 As the saying goes, ask and ye shall receive. society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > associate with [verb (transitive)] a1593 C. Marlowe (1633) ii. E 1 For though they doe a while increase and multiply, I'le haue a saying to that Nunnery. 1600 T. Dekker sig. C4v Heark heark, the hunters come, y'are best take heed Theyle haue a saying to you for this deede. 1607 B. Barnes v. ii. K 3 I must haue a saying to those bottels. (He drinketh.) a1635 R. Sibbes (1639) 27 The Divell will have a saying to us, either in the time of our life..or at the houre of death. 1689 tr. ii. 21 There is no saying [Fr. Il ne faut point dire] that France is as large as the rest of Europe, for it makes but the tenth part of it. 1769 F. Brooke I. xxiii. 137 There is no saying how happy I am. 1790 Mar. 142/1 There is no saying what notice Mrs. Staples might have taken of this stroke of puppyism in her husband. 1847 F. Marryat II. vi. 134 They won't come now..but there is no saying. 1895 Nov. 113/2 There's no saying what devilments they will put into his head. 1924 E. A. Baker V. iii. 74 Whether he had read Lessing's recent utterances on the Faust legend or the Faust of the poet Müller..there is no saying. 1990 June 24/2 Once you have mum and baby on set there's no saying what you're going to get. 2003 S. Greenfield (2004) v. 119 Even if there were a gay gene, there is no saying whether or not it is being switched on or off at different times of life by different environmental factors. 1834 H. J. Nott I. 122 ‘Ay,’ said Fernando, ‘that goes without saying.’ 1887 June 368 That it has a higher, deeper, broader, and far nobler purpose..goes without my saying. 1897 27 Nov. 185/2 It goes without saying that the books are not ordinary ones. 1917 W. A. Wood (ed. 2) viii. 218 It should go without saying that the judge and the judged should not be the same. 1954 N. Pevsner (Buildings of Eng.) Foreword 9 That my foremost thanks are due to her goes without saying. 2014 (Nexis) 6 Apr. (Sport) 7 It went without saying—even before Saturday's game—that at 0-2 the Western Bulldogs needed a win. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † sayingn.2 Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: say v.2, -ing suffix1. Etymology: < say v.2 + -ing suffix1. Compare earlier assaying n. Chiefly Scottish. Obsolete ( rare after 16th cent.). the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > [noun] 1512 in J. B. Paul (1902) IV. 274 Compt maid with William Striveling for expensis maid be him apone the sayng of the led mynd of Ilay. 1557–8 in R. Adam (1899) I. 255 To Robert Fynder..at the schutting and seying of the chalmeris quhilk wes maid be Johnne Kyll in Leith. 1579 in (1836) II. 197 xiii seing of vrenis, the pece xvi d. Compounds the world > food and drink > hunting > equipment > [noun] > knife 1852 C. Kingsley 157 The young man drove his saying knife Deep in the old man's breast. 1866 C. Kingsley II. xx. 341 [He] pulled out a saying-knife, about half as long again as the said priest's hand. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2020). <  n.11340 n.21512 |
