Middle English Dictionary Entry
dǒmping n.
Entry Info
Forms | dǒmping n. Pl. dompinges, dompus. |
Etymology | Cp. dǒmpen . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. dopping.
1.
A diving bird: ?the little grebe (Podiceps ruficollis).
Associated quotations
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)14.169 : In mareis and in mores in myres and in wateres Dompynges [vrr. Dumpynges, Doppynges, Dompus] dyueden.