Middle English Dictionary Entry
cǒupe n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | cǒupe n.(2) Also cope, culpe. |
| Etymology | OF coupe, cope, culpe (from L culpa). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Guilt; sinfulness, culpability.
Associated quotations
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.335 : Baptesme..bynymeth vs the culpe.
- a1425 Christ.Belief (LoC 4)3/88 : Crist in his conceyuyng haued no coupe of synne, ne in his birth his modere was noght of hire maydenhede harmed, ne sorowe ne sore feled ho none als oither wymmen feled.
- c1400(a1376) *PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)[5.60] f.12a : Enuye..askide aftir shrift, And carfulliche his cope [UC: coupe; Vrn: gultus] begynneþ he to shewe.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)5.305 : Now bigynneth glotoun for to go to schrifte, And kaires hym tokirke-ward his coupe [vr. culpe] to schewe.
- a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)Heb.8.7 : If þe firste..hadde voided fro þe culpe [L culpa].
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)1002 : Aftir your coope Axe humble grace and sette yourself in hope.