Middle English Dictionary Entry
frā̆pe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | frā̆pe n. Also frappe. |
| Etymology | OF frap multitude; a blow. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A company, a multitude; esp., a troop of warriors, a host or army; gret ~; (b) a mob, rabble; al the frape.
Associated quotations
a
- a1350 St.Alex.(1) (LdMisc 108)60/390 : Wiþ hem wente forþ greth frape.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.410 : My faire suster Polixene, Cassandre, Eleyne, or any of the frape..Telle me which thow wilt..To han for thyn.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)2804 : Than sir fflorent and Floridas in fewtyre they caste, ffruschene one alle the ffrape and biernes affrayede.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)3548 : Seuen skore chippes, Frawghte full of ferse folke..For to fyghte with thy frappe.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)995 : And drenkled þere a wel gret frape; Þe oþere he closed, [t]hey myghte nought skape.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)9825 : Þe most del was slayn of þat frape, Vnneþes myghter any a-scape.
- a1450 Gener.(1) (Mrg M 876)5085 : Ther cam of hem a grete frape, Ful like Giauntez thei wer y-shape.
b
- c1390 Susan.(Vrn)289 : Þei be fendus, al þe frape.
- c1400 Femina (Trin-C B.14.40)4 : A brut of barones shal man name, A ffrap [F ffrap] of clerkes with ryȝt deuere.
2.
Commotion, disturbance.
Associated quotations
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.320 : In alle þis mykelle frape [F entre ces aferes] wex a grete distance Of Boniface þe pape & þe kyng of France.
3.
at on frape, with one blow.
Associated quotations
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)1148 : Non ne myghte skape, Bot al wor flayd at o frape.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1450 Terms Assoc.(2) (Cmb Ll.1.18)232 : A frape of clerkez.
- a1500 Terms Assoc.(4) (Dgb 196)233 : A frape of clerkes.
Note: New gloss.