Middle English Dictionary Entry
dǒmpen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | dǒmpen v. Also dumpen. |
| Etymology | ON; cp. OI dumpa to beat, Dan. dumpe fall hard. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To fall suddenly or headlong, plunge; ~ in the dep, ~ into hell, ~ to the devel; (b) to dive, plunge; (c) to drop (sb. into hell).
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)362 : Truly þis ilk toun schal tylte to grounde, Vp-so-doun schal ȝe dumpe depe to þe abyme.
- a1425(c1333-52) Minot Poems (Glb E.9)34/24 : Kene men sall..do þe dye on a day and domp in þe depe.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)10713 : But I degh of þi dynt and dump into helle, þow shall first go before.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)4487 : Othire harlotry ȝe hant..Of fornicacioun & filth..Þat dose ȝow dompe to þe devill.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)146b/b : Schipmen desireþ þis bridde [þe swan], for he dompiþ not doun [L non se mergit] in þe wawes.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)1996 : The ship ay shot furth o þe shire waghes, As qwo clymbe at a clyffe..Eft dump in the depe.
- a1456 Hit is no right (Add 16165)38 : To dompe als deepe as man may dyeve.
c
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)22643 : Þe rainbou..sal..driue þam dun all vntil hell, And dump [vrr. dunt, bete] þe deuls þider in.