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prong, n.1

Language abbreviation key

AL: Anglo-Latin
MDu.: Middle Dutch
MLG: Middle Low German

Middle English Dictionary Entry

prōnge n.

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Entry Info

Forms	prōnge n. Alsoprange.
Etymology	ALpronga; cp.MDu.,MLGprange.

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

(a) Agony, pain; an affliction;pronges of deth, death throes;wommanes ~, the pain of childbirth; (b) a pointed instrument.

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Associated quotations

(1440)Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)3469:He had suffered many a sory pronge Of here venym.
(1440)PParv.(Hrl 221)415:Pronge: Erumpna.
(1440)PParv.(Hrl 221)493:Throwe, wommanys pronge: Erumpna.
1447BokenhamSts.(Arun 327)5232:To sorwyn & wepyn þei feyn As þow þe prongys of deth dede streyn Here hert-root.
?a1475Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)268/1068:Þese prongys, myn herte A-sondyr þei do rende.

a1500(?c1425)Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)180/21:Þey put him on þe rostyryn or girderen and put to coles alle a-bowte hym with furgones or pranges.

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