Middle English Dictionary Entry
crampe adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | crampe adj. Also crumpe, crǒmpe. |
| Etymology | OF crampe adj. & OE crumb, crump. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Curved, bent; (b) in surnames; also in name of a horse.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)1288 : And signys Were moved, how to do, by hornys crompe.
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)1561 : Awey thei go by voys of hornys crumpe.
b
- (1293) Pat.R.Edw.I32 : Walter Crumpelok.
- (1324) Close R.Edw.II158 : John Cromphorn.
- (1348-9) in Beltz Garter383 : i Hobyn voc' Dun Crump.
2.
?Crooked, twisted, deformed; -- only as surname.
Associated quotations
- (1176) in Pipe R.Soc.25135 : Petrus Crumpe.
- (1228) Close R.Hen.III92 : Johannem Crampe.
- (c1240) Cart.Oseney in OHS 90292 : Henricus Crampe.
- (c1250) Cart.Oseney in OHS 90212 : Johannes Crompe de Oxon', filius Ricardi Pekewether.
- (1266) Pat.R.Hen.III619 : Thomas le Crumpe.
- (1326) Feet Fines Kent in Archaeol.Cant.15305 : Walter Crumpe.
- (1390) in Archaeol.Cant.27 ()168 : Robert Crompe.