Middle English Dictionary Entry
drẹ̄pen v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | drẹ̄pen v.(2) ?Also drēpen. Forms: p. drẹ̄ped, drepped, drepte. |
| Etymology | OE drēopan; p. pl. drupon & A *drēpan (cp. WS drȳpan; p. drȳ̆pte) & Merc. drēapian; p. pl. drēapedun. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To drip; of a liquid: to fall in drops, drip; (b) ~ with, to moisten or smear (sb.) with (sth.); (c) to droop, sink down; be faint-hearted, languish; dreping mone, ?a waning moon; (d) to lie down.
Associated quotations
a
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)3198 : Þe woman for grete sorow wepyd, þe terys oure hir face drepyd.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)4735 : Teerys fra þaim for ioy þan drepid [rime: wepid].
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)43/9 : His hed dreppyd downe of blode of his wondes.
b
- ?a1300 11 Pains(1) (Dgb 86)404/131 : Hem me drepeþ wiþ þe pich, sso þe brede wiþ þe spich.
- a1450 S.Leg.Faith(2) (Bod 779)111 : Salt me caste one here body & drepte here wit smere.
c
- c1430 Lydg.TG (Cmb Gg.4.27)394 fn. : Drepynge [Tan: aftir a dropping mone, The weddir clereþ].
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)2.4554 : Cast up..Off Diana the transmutacioun, Now briht now pale, now cleer now drepyng.
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.Look TM (Hrl 2255)151 : Alcestis flowr..Displaieth hir crown geyn Phebus bemys briht, In stormys dreepith.
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.Mutability MN (Hrl 2255)53 : Which sesoun [winter]..Spoleth tre and herbe of al ther fressh bewte; The dayes-eye drepith.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)262 : Þou I drywe to dust, in drosse for to drepe [rime: wepe].
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)10795 : Þan þere hert failet, And þai drepit in dole, as þai degh shuld.
d
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)161/301 : In goode tyme ȝe dede down drepe [rime: slepe, keppe] To take yowr rest.