† yeming, vbl. n. Obs.
[f. yeme v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb yeme; care, keeping, protection, charge.
| c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 2783 Hic am god ðe in min ȝeming nam Iacob, ysaac, and abraham. a 1300 Cursor M. 16894 For-þi es skil þir dais thre Yeming on him yee lai. c 1330 Arth. & Merl. 2034 He..proferd him al his þing To ben vnder his ȝemeing. c 1400 Rule St. Benet (prose) lviii. 38 Suilk yeming sal sho haue, þat te saule be turnid to god alle⁓mihtye. c 1440 York Myst. xliii. 46 Mankynde was thyne whome þu be-kende And toke me to þi ȝemyng right. |