lawghynge
Middle English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlau̯xinɡ/, /ˈlɛi̯xinɡ/, /ˈlaxinɡ/
Noun
lawghynge (plural laughinges)
- Laughing, the production of a laugh or snicker.
- a. 1382, John Wycliffe, “Genesis 21:6”, in Wycliffe's Bible:
- And Sare seide, The Lord made leiȝynge to me, and who euer schal here schal leiȝe with me.
- And Sarah said: "The Lord made laughing for me, and anyone who will hear will laugh with me".
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- Fun, entertainment, enjoyment, revelling.
- A humorous matter; a jest or jape.
Descendants
- English: laughing
- Scots: lauchin
References
- “laughing(e (ger.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-19.
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