Middle English Dictionary Entry
dippen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | dippen v. Also duppen. Forms: p. dipped, dipt; ppl. i)dipped, duppet. |
| Etymology | OE dyppan |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. depen.
1.
(a) To dip (sth. in a liquid, salve, etc.); moisten, saturate; plunge (roots in dung); (b) ppl. dipped, saturated; dipped (in sth.); smeared (with sth.); ?spotted (with red drops); (c) to immerse (sb.); plunge (sb. into the heart of the sea); (d) to immerse (sb.) as part of baptism.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)67.4/1 : Ȝenim hi driȝe & dipe on wermun watere.
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)13/23 : Niman man ane clæþ..dyppe hine on watere.
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)25/3 : Nim þanne wylle and dype on þare scealfe.
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)31/32 : Nim..wulle and dupe on ele.
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)43/3 : Duppe þanne a feþer on ele.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)67.25 : Þat þy fote be dipped [L intingatur] in blode.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))John 13.26 : He it is, to whom I schal dresse breed dipped yn. And whanne he had dippid yn breed, he ȝaf to Judas of Symount Scariot.
- c1390(?c1350) SVrn.Leg.(Vrn)89/1627 : Austin dupped a leef of a vyn in þat flod.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Ex.12.22 : And dippe ȝe [WB(1): wetith; L tingite] a bundel of isope in the blood.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)151b/b : If it [child] go not out, be it commaunded to þe midwife þat she dip [*Ch.(2): wete] her honde in oleo..& put it in into þe matrice & take it softly.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)121 : Dyppyn yn lycour: Intingo.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)3.659 : The rootes wold in donge ydipped be.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)36a : To Dype: Tingere, intingere.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)55b/b : And somtyme þai [tentez] ar applied drie, som tyme intincte or dipped [*Ch.(2): enoyntede] with som vnguente.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)152b/a : Of medicynez conglutinatyuez of spatadrapez i. dipped cloþez.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)27/1 : Be þe lure enoynted with þe fynger dipped in vnguento viridi.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)31a/b : It is a spounge dipped [*Ch.(1): infused] in þe lye of asshen.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)104b : Anoþer sleithe is to lete adoun..men wiþ lanternes I-light and wiþ grete balles of herdes I-dipped in oyle.
- a1500 Peterb.Lapid.(Peterb 33)64 : Some þer ben grene as of iaspe, dipped with red droppis.
c
- c1390 NHom.Narrat.(Vrn)290/106 : And aftur..of Bedde he was tan, And Duppet eft in fflum Jordan.
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)308 : Þou diptez me of þe depe se in-to þe dymme hert.
d
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)1551 : Þurrh þatt tatt tu fullhtnesst hemm & unnderr waterr dippesst.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)10/275 : And wanne hi cristneþ ine þe founȝt, Þe prestes so þries duppeþ, In þe honur of þe trinite.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)10/8 : Þai make bot ane vnccioun, when þai cristen childer, ne dippes þaim bot anes in þe fount.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)30/22 : Þow seyst þe prest take þe chyld at þe funt-ston & dyppe it in þe watyr
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)199/148 : Thou gyf me baptym or I go, And dyp me in this flume Iordan.
2.
To force (a liquid into sth.), cause (a medicine) to penetrate (into the scalp).
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)122b/b : And with þat it [the medicine for baldness] accordeþ to be of subtile partiez þat oweþ to be dipped or drowned [*Ch.(2): be drenchede; L mergi] to þe profound, in which is bigynnyng of rotez of þe herbes [read: heeres].
3.
(a) To plunge (into water), dip; (b) to fall, descend, go down.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.117 : What quik þing þat it be þat duppeþ þerynne [in the Dead Sea], anon it lepeþ vp aȝen.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.119 : A lanterne wiþ lyȝt fleteþ and swymmeth aboue. And ȝif þe liȝt is i-queynt, it duppeþ doun and dryncheþ.
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)243 : For what-so worþed of þat wyȝe [Jonah], fro he in water dipped, Hit were a wonder to wene, ȝif holy wryt nere.
b
- c1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)534 : He hente vp his hachet and huttes him euene..wiþ þe deþ in his hals dounward he duppes.
- c1390 Marie Mayden (Vrn)60 : Þe geynest gate greiþli he tas, Til derknes dipt, doun he decent.