Middle English Dictionary Entry
dẹ̄pen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | dẹ̄pen v. Also deopen, duppen. Forms: sg. 3 dẹ̄peth & depth; p. dẹ̄ped & dept; ppl. dẹ̄ped, ideoped & i)dept, deopped, i)depped. |
| Etymology | OE dēopian & A dēpan, WS dȳpan. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. dippen.
1.
(a) To dip (sth.), immerse; also, dye (sth), stain; idept in grain, dyed in grain, dyed with fast color; (b) to baptize; (c) fig. to immerse (oneself in a story, in a way of life); ben deped, be plunged (in error).
Associated quotations
a
- c1330(?a1300) Guy(2) (Auch)p.480 : In þe water he dept his heued anon; Ouer þe schulders he dede it gon.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)10/275 : Wanne hi cristneþ ine þe founȝt, Þe prestes so þries duppeþ [rime: kepeþ].
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)106/24,36 : Þis word holy is ase moche worþ..ase ydept [Vices & V.(2): ydied] ine blod..Efterward he depþ [þe herte] ine blod.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)107/17 : Be huam be we..zuo moche ydept [Vices & V.(2): ydeied] yne grayne..þet he by oure uader.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.91 : A dykere [read: dry tre]..i-depped [L intinctum] in his blood wex greved.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Ps.67.24 : That thi foot be deppid [L intingatur] in blood.
- a1425 Siege Troy(1) (LinI 150)1346 : Achilles..was honged by þe feet & þries deopped [vr. dipped] adoun.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)175b/b : And a cloþ be infused i. depped þerin, as a cered web or cloþe is made.
- c1425 Found.St.Barth.20/11 : He depid them yn water, and wysshe the tonge of pacient ther with.
b
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)11/306 : Þise habbeþ forme þer of A latin þat ham genieþ To depe.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)107/7 : Vor depe and cristni is al on.
c
- (1395) Wycl.37 Concl.(Tit D.1)69 : He is grettere..than othere bisshopis that ben not so depid in errour.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.13 : It is noo nede to depe us in þis stori more þan þe gospel telliþ.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)192/11 : A pryst hath gret nede to depe hym, boþe yn worde and yn dede, so þat non oþer be corrupt by ensampull of hym.
2.
(a) To deepen (a ditch); (b) to go deep, penetrate.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)15473 : Þe dic wes idoluen & allunge ideoped.
b
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)78b : Þer waxeð wunde & deopeð [Pep: depeþ] in toward [Nero: into] te sawle.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.6va (1.2) : Somtyme þe water passeþ oute of þe body sone after þat i[t] is dronken, and þat owen noȝt to be callede 'vryn' propurly, but..callede 'pisse.' For when it is pissede sone, noþer it is decocte ne digestede in þe veyns and in þe reyns, ne þe coloure of him is noȝt profundet, i. noȝt depede [Hnt HM 505: dept] ne dyede as it schulde be.
Note: ?New sense: 'to darken, intensify, or deepen (a color).' Editor's gloss: 'deepened'.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.35va (2.3) : Þe waies of þe vryn, ar deppede and stoppede..þe vryn may noȝt haue his ful course oute os he schulde haue.
Note: ?This word. ?New sense: ?turned inward. Editor's gloss: deppede, v. pa. ppl. '?blocked, ?impeded'.