Middle English Dictionary Entry
coupen v.(4)
Entry Info
| Forms | coupen v.(4) Ppl. keft. |
| Etymology | ON; cp. OI kaupa buy, pay; ppl. keypt, keyft. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To pay the penalty for (sth.), suffer for.
Associated quotations
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)1800 : 'Datheyt, hwo you henne fle!' 'No,' quodh on, 'þat shaltou coupe.'
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)2005 : Þus wolde þe theues me haue reft; But, god-þank, he hauenet sure keft..I woth þat he bes ded ful raþe.