Middle English Dictionary Entry
kenning(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | kenning(e ger. Also kening. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Teaching, instruction, information; (b) training, discipline; (c) knowledge, experience; fleshli ~, carnal intercourse; (d) look, appearance; also, recognition; (e) sight, view; (f) speech, warning.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330(?c1300) Bevis (Auch)31/644 : Þe stedes hom to stable ran Wiþ oute kenning [vr. techyng] of eni man.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)10.194 : Þis is catounes kennyng to clerkes þat he lereth.
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)47/12,14 : Wha sua wil cume til þe heȝnes..of religiun, Loke þat tay do eftir þe kening [L doctrine] of þe haly fadir..of anikin kening [L sermo] of þalde lai ouþir of þe neu testament.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)271 : Kennynge, or techynge: Instructio, informacio, doctrina.
- c1440(?c1350) Mirror St.Edm.(4) (Thrn)22/24 : Þe noyande creaturs..are made for thre thynges, For oure chastyyng, for oure amendement, and for oure kennynge. We ere..kende, for-þi þat we see in þise creaturs þe wondirfull werkes of God.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.21.14a : Ne resceiue non opinion, ne fantasie..neiþer bi þin oune ymagininge ne bi kennyng of non oþer man.
b
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)4/20,23 : Þe ermitis and þe reclusis þat liuis sua, kenning bi-hus þam haue for to fezte wid þare miht a-gain þe deuil and a-gain þar sinne..Þe þridde er þa þat in na reul will ga, na hauis na kenning.
c
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)271 : Kennynge, or knowynge: Cognicio, agnicio.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)64/25 : And certanly, but þou hadde ben warnyd by me þare-of, þy seluyn hadde takyn deed, þurgh þe hete of fleschly kennynge with here.
d
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)24086 : His face..es nu grisli on to sene..þai sput on him þair spit Vnethes i his kenning kneu.
- a1425(?a1350) 7 Sages(2) (Glb E.9)3561 : So out of kenyng he hir broght Þat hir lord þan knew hir noght.
e
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)2837 : Nawther company by course hade Kennyng of other, But past to þere purpos.
f
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)2472 : Y blamed my doughter ȝyng, & gaf no kepe til hure kennyng.