Middle English Dictionary Entry
crimplen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | crimplen v. Also crǒmplen, crumplen. Ppl. crimpled, etc., icrimailed, i)crimeled. |
| Etymology | Cp. crimpen & crǒmpen under crampen. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To wrinkle (sth.), put creases in; twist or curl (sth.); plait (the hair); ?ornament (a bowl) with a wrinkled or corrugated pattern; ~ horn, a curving or twisted horn; (b) to shrivel up; crimpled, of limbs or body: shriveled, crippled, misshapen.
Associated quotations
a
- (1326) Pat.R.Edw.II298 : John Crompilhorn.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)15.223 : He walketh, Ycalled and ycrimiled [vrr. I-crymeled, y-crymyled, ycrymaylid, crymailed] and his crowne shaue.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)103 : Crympled or rympled: Rugatus. Crymplyn or rymplyn: Rugo.
- c1450(?c1425) St.Mary Oign.(Dc 114)135/35 : Not in crumpled lokkys [cp. 1 Tim. 2.9: in tortis crinibus] or golde or perilles or precyous clothe.
- (1458) Will York in Sur.Soc.30232 : Unam murram vocatam Crumpuldud [read: Crumpuld].
b
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)8087 : Þair armes hari wit hirpild hid War sette til elbous in þair side, Crumpled [Frf: crumpeled; Trin-C: Crompled] knes and boce on bak.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)124/21 : Throwyth in ȝowre angeltwatchys, and late hem boylyn ryght weell; and as sone as þei crumpill and dryin, gadir hem owte.
- a1500(?c1450) Florence (Cmb Ff.2.38:Vietor)1977 : God had sende on hym a wrake That in the palsye can he schake And was crompylde and crokyd þer to.