vbl. sb. 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 allemihtye.
c. 1440. York Myst., xliii. 46. Mankynde was thyne whome þu be-kende And toke me to þi ȝemyng right.
