Middle English Dictionary Entry
glopnen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | glopnen v. Also glō̆penen, gloppenen. Forms: p. glopnede, gloppened, gloppunt; ppl. glopned, glō̆pened, gloppened, glō̆pend, gloppend. |
| Etymology | ON; cp. OI glūpna to look downcast & Norw. dial. glopa to gape. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To fill (sb., the heart) with fear; frighten, alarm, startle; (b) to be distressed, be filled with fear or grief; ~ in herte, become sad at heart; ~ and greten [cp. OI glūpna ok grāta], be downcast and weep.
Associated quotations
a
- a1250 Ancr.(Tit D.18:Morton)212 : Glopnen [Corp-C: þe eateliche deoflen schulen ȝet ageasten ham wið hare grennunge].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)1288 : Quen [he] þar-of son had a sight, Al was he gloppend for [Frf: gloppenet of; Göt: dredand of; Trin-C: aferde of] þat light.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)11611 : Vte o þis coue þan sagh þai glide Mani dragons..Quen iesus sagh þam [grooms] glopnid [Göt: glopend; Trin-C: drad so] be, [etc.].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)12614 : Þar-for right na ferli war Þof þat hir hert war gloppend [Göt: glopend; Frf: gloppened] sar.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)12622 : Leue sun, qui has þou gloppend [Göt: glopened; Frf: gloppened; Trin-C: fered] hus?
- c1400 Wit & W.(Cmb Res.b.162)D/6 : One gleme ouer glade gloppenes ham alle; All ferde þa frekes als þai in fire were.
b
- c1440(a1400) Awntyrs Arth.(Thrn)91-2 : It ȝellede..And saide..'I ame the body þat þe bare: Allas! now kyndyls my kare; I gloppyne and I grete!' Thane gloppenyde and grett [IrBl: gloppuns and gretys] Gaynoure the gaye.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1074 : Than glopnede þe gloton and glorede vnfaire.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)2853 : Gloppyns noghte, gud men, for gleterand scheldes.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)3949 : Than gliftis þe gud kynge and glopyns in herte, Gronys full grisely with gretande teris.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)4329 : The baronage of Bretayne..Graythes theme to Glaschenbery with gloppynnande hertes, To bery thare the bolde kynge.
- c1475 Awntyrs Arth.(Tay 9)p.20 : Then gloppunt that gaye.
- a1500 Awntyrs Arth.(Dc 324)543 : Gawayne gloppened in hert.