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English
Etymology
From May + -ing, or may (“celebrate May Day festivities”) + -ing.
Pronunciation
Noun
maying (countable and uncountable, plural mayings)
- (chiefly historical) The celebrations traditionally held to celebrate May Day.
1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “j”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XIX:SOo it befelle in the moneth of May / quene Gueneuer called vnto her knyȝtes of the table round / and she gafe them warnynge that erly vpon the morowe she wold ryde on mayeng in to woodes & feldes besyde westmynstre / & I warne yow that there be none of yow but that he be wel horsed / and that ye alle be clothed on grene outher in sylke outher in clothe- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1598, John Stow, A Survey of London:[…] sometimes two or three parishes joining together, had their several mayings; and did fetch in maypoles […].
Verb
maying
- present participle and gerund of may
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