Middle English Dictionary Entry
grī̆p(e n.(3)
Entry Info
| Forms | grī̆p(e n.(3) Also grippe. |
| Etymology | OF gripe & ML grȳpa; cp. CL grȳphus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The fabulous beast griffin; (b) a representation of the griffin in heraldry, ornamentation; ~ fot, a figure of the griffin's claw as decoration for the base of a vessel; (c) a vulture; (d) gripe(s ei, ~ egge, the egg of the griffin or vulture; also, a cup or vessel made of such an egg (?an ostrich egg).
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)28062 : Þer ich isah gripes & grisliche fuȝeles.
- c1300 SLeg.Brendan (LdMisc 108)432 : Sone þare cam a gryp fleoinde..and fondede heom to sle.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.135 : In þe whiche londe [Scythia] beeþ..greet grypes [L griphes].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)288a/a : Þe grype is a beste with wynges and is foure footed and brediþ in þe mounteyns yperboreis and is liche to þe leoun in alle þe partyes of þe body, & to þe egle..in hede and wynges..þe grype haþ so grete clawes & so large þat þer of ben y-made coppes þat ben y-sette vpon bordes of kynges.
- c1440 PLAlex.(Thrn)103/36 : Þare ware..grypes þe whilke smate kynghtes [read: knyghtes].
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)5439 : Ȝit was þar gedird out of gripis & griffons emange..And euir ilka best was so bigge..þat he miȝt bere away a blonke.
- c1450(a1375) Octav.(2) (Clg A.2)447 : A gryyp com fle, to take hys pray..Both þe chyld and þe lyoun Vp yn hys clawys bar þe gryffoun.
- a1500 Peterb.Lapid.(Peterb 33)p.94 : Gripes kepen þis stone [Iaspes] as þey don smaragdus.
b
- (1349) Will York in Sur.Soc.459 : Lego Isabellæ..unam copam de uno gripe.
- (1420) EEWills46/7 : Also I bord mausure with a bond of seluer, & ouerguld, wyth a prent in þe myddylle, and a grypp amyde.
- (1451) *Will Kelyngholm (Somerset Ho.) [OD col.] : Vnum maser wiþ gripe fete.
- a1500 Eglam.(Cmb Ff.2.38)1030 : He bare, Aserre, a grype of golde.
c
- a1200 Gloss.Sidonius (Dgb 172)53/26 : Uultur est auis quae anglice uocatur grip.
- ?a1300 11 Pains(1) (Dgb 86)404/148 : Gripes freteþ hoere mawen.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)572 : Þo hauelok micte sei, 'weilawei!' Þat him ne hauede grip or ern, Leoun or wlf, wluine or bere.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Lev.11.14 : Ȝe sholen not ete..a gripe [vr. grijp; L vulturem].
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Deut.14.13 : Ixon, þat is a whit foul lasse þan a gripe & of his kynde.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)11811 : Þis herods..þat gredi gerard als a gripe, His vn-rightes biginnes to ripe!
- c1400 Bible SNT(1) (Selw 108 L.1)prol.15/30 : Of bryddes þilke þat lyfeden by rafeyn weren forboden, as gripes and egles & gledes.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Lev.11.13 : Ȝe schulen not ete..an egle, and a grippe [WB(1): griffyn], aliete, [etc.].
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)70b/a : Vultur: a grype.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)212 : Grype, byrde: Vultur.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.208 : The gryp þat ete þe mawe of Tycius.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)3.57 : vij gripes [Trev.: foules..þat beeþ i-cleped vulterus; L vultures] apperede firste to Remus.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)761/20 : Hic vultur, Anglice, a grype.
d
- (1352) Will Court Hust.(Gldh)1.661 : [A] Gripesey [ornamented with silver and gold, together with a cup to match].
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.2545 : The Cuppe..was policed ek so clene..as it were a Gripes Ey.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)325a/b : Gripe eiren beþ grete as Egle eyren..þese eiren beþ broune and splekked, wiþ harde schelles and euel smelle.
- (1418) Will York in Sur.Soc.4393 : Alius ciphus vocatus a gryp ey, ligatus cum argento & deaurato.
- (1429) Will Braybroke in Ess.AST 5298 : I wol..that a coupe made of gripes eye..be deliuered to ye said cherche.
- (1430) Will York in Sur.Soc.3015 : Unum chales copp argenti et deaurati ad modum unius gripe egg.
- (1439) EEWills120/16 : Lego..meum ciphum vocatum grypys ey.
- (1442) Invent.Gild in PSAL ser.2.5122 : Item, a whyte Grypes eye that weyeth xxj unce.
- (1454) EEWills133/4 : Y bequethe to my suster..the beter cuppe of the grypes eye.
- (1454) Will York in Sur.Soc.30182 : Unam peciam vocatam Grypeg.