Middle English Dictionary Entry
hasp(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | hasp(e n. Also hesp(e, happes & (in place names) haps(e, hapes, apes. |
| Etymology | OE (cp. WS hæpse, ?Merc. *hepse) & ON (cp. OI hespa); also cp. ML haspa & OF haspe, from Gmc. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A fastening for a door, gate, chest, etc.; a hasp; up bi the ~, unfastened, unlatched; barre and ~, stapel and ~; (b) a fastening for a garment or a helmet; ?a buckle, ?a lace; (c) a hank or skein of thread or yarn; (d) in place names: a locked place; ?a bend in a stream [see Smith PNElem. 1.217].
Associated quotations
a
- c1225(OE) Wor.Aelfric Gloss.(Wor F.174)546/42 : Sera: hespe.
- (1295) *Acc.Exch.(PRO) 5/8 [OD col.] : In stipend. Hugonis fabri pro staples et hespes fabricand'.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)5677 : Fast oȝain þe gate he leke Wiþ lockes, haspes, & mani pin, Wiþ mani bar & mani gin.
- (1338) Doc.Hatfield in Sur.Soc.32203 : In hespes et staples pro eisdem..xl spikings, j hespe, et j stapil.
- c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)467 : Et graps et appenduz, Stapul and haspe.
- (1374) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99211 : Et in spikyngs, schetnaill, stanbrod, una cum hespes et stapels empt., 42 s. 5 d.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3470 : And to the chambre dore he gan hym dresse..And by the haspe [vr. hespe] he haf it vp atones.
- (1391) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.5225/34 : Johanni Smyth pro iiij lokes per ipsum emptis..et eidem pro haspes et gemewes.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1233 : My lorde & his ledez ar on lenþe faren..Þe dor drawen & dit with a derf haspe.
- (1423) Acc.Hollingbourne in Archaeol.Cant.13562 : Item, ffor a Stapyll and an haspe to þe gate at modynton, iij d.
- (1423) Doc.Brewer in Bk.Lond.E.155/460 : Item, for j haspe, with j stapill, to þe kechon dore, j d. ob.
- (1423) Doc.Brewer in Bk.Lond.E.176/1107 : Item, ij haspes, iiij staples, for dyuers dores yn owre place, iiij d.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)4643 : Thei of Troye with barre & haspe Spered the ȝates with many a claspe.
- (1428-9) Rec.St.Mary at Hill70 : Also, for viij staplis & iiij haspis & iij d. naill, xij d.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)238 : Hespe [Win: Hesp], of a dore: Pessulum vel pessula, haspa.
- (1446) Invent.Lytham in Chet.n.s.6083 : j hesp wyth a stapille.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)1104 : He dremeth theeues comen in And on his cofres knokke..And vp is broken lok, hasp, barre, & pyn.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)4111 : Vndyr þe brygge þer is a swyke..And vndyrneþe is an hasp [vr. hespe], Schet wiþ a stapyl and a clasp.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)478 : The Pardonere..went to have fond þe dor vp by þe hasp.
- (1463) Acc.Howard in RC 57219 : Item, payd to a smeyt ffor haspys and semewys for koferys for bowys and arwys, xx d.
- (1483-5) Rec.St.Mary at Hill120 : Item, for a stapull & a haspe to the prestes house, ij d.
- a1500(a1400) Ipom.(1) (Chet 8009)2658 : At the laste was browght forthe..A cupe, sett wyth precyous stonys..And fowre sydes were dyueres happis [read: haspis; rime: claspys], That queynte and sotell were.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)778/16 : Hec grunda: a hespe.
b
- c1300 Body & S.(5) (LdMisc 108)p.59 : A develes cope for to bere Al brennynde on him was kest, With hote haspes [Dgb: hespes; Auch: claspes] imad to spere.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)11102 : Þe haspis of hir helme hurlit in sonder.
c
- (1390-1) Leet R.Norwich in Seld.Soc.575 : Robertus Tytell invenit x hespys de Irlondyern, pretii iiij d.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)238 : Hespe of threde: Mataxa, haspum, hapsa, filipulus.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)3899 : Parys was..a pert knighte, Here huet on his hede as haspis of silke.
- (1468) Rec.Norwich 299 : It is ordeyned by the assent of the comon counseile that hens forward ther shall be no persone selle withynne this cite any lynen warp..but if that warpe..bere at the leest withynne the bowt of euery haspe a yard by the Kyngges standard.
- c1450(a1375) Octav.(2) (Clg A.2)1442 : Þe brydel was made of chaynys; Of grete haspys wer ys reynys.
d
- (c1155) EPNSoc.13 (War.)121 : Hapseford.
- (1173) EPNSoc.13 (War.)121 : Apesford.
- (1191) in Wallenberg PNKent91 : Hapsebroc.
- (1224) EPNSoc.13 (War.)122 : Hapsford.
- (1227) EPNSoc.10 (Nhp.)157 : Haspehege.
- (1254) in Wallenberg PNKent91 : Hapesbrok.
- (1285) EPNSoc.13 (War.)122 : Happesford.
- (1371) Close R.Edw.III350 : [A third part of the park, from the] parkgate [towards] Stistedehooke [and thence towards the] haspe [beyond] Shoberypet.
- (a1377) EPNSoc.15 (Hrt.)135 : Haspeleye.
- (a1400) EPNSoc.15 (Hrt.)135 : Hapseleye.
- (1484) EPNSoc.13 (War.)122 : Happysford.