Middle English Dictionary Entry
frā̆pen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | frā̆pen v. Also frappen. |
| Etymology | OF fraper. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To strike, beat;--with obj. or at, on phrase; (b) ?to prattle, to make groundless charges.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330 Degare (Auch)376 : [Þe dragoun] frapte his tail wiȝ gret miȝt Vpon Degarres side.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1115 : He..frappez faste at hys face fersely þeraftyr.
- a1450 Rich.(Cai 175/96:Weber)4546 : The Crystene on hem gan fast to frape.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)2527 : Wiþ myn ax j schal hem ffrape, þer schal no Sarezyn me ascape.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)10515 : Fallys on hym fuersly, frap hym to dethe.
b
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)330/310 : Ȝe foune, in faithe, all ȝe frappe, For in þis lede [Jesus] no lese can I lappe.