Middle English Dictionary Entry
haspen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | haspen v. Also hespen. P.ppl. i)hasped, i)haspet, hesped & hapsed. |
| Etymology | OE hæpsian, ?Merc. *hepsian. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To fasten (a door) shut; (b) to fasten (a helmet), buckle or lace; ~ on; (c) ~ togedere(s, to fasten (things) together; ~ on, attach (sth.) to (sth.); (d) to wrap (oneself) in a garment; enclose (sb. in armor, clothing); (e) to embrace (someone's neck), clasp.
Associated quotations
a
- c1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)205 : Þenne he seiȝ..a dore honginge þer-on, haspet ful faste.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Add 9066)409 : I shall haspe the dore, and pynne it with a pynne.
b
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)607 : Þenne hentes he þe helme..Hit watz hyȝe on his hede, hasped bihynde.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)755 : Þe gold hewen helme haspeþ he blyue [Add: one his hede hespis].
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)8593 : Ector..Haspit on his helme & his horse toke.
c
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)1.171 : Þei beoþ cumbred in care..So harde heo beoþ with Auarice I-haspet to-gedere.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)1.171 : So faste haþ auarice haspide [vrr. hasped, hapsed, hesped; B: yhasped; C: hasped; vr. hapsed] ȝow [vr. hem] togideris.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)419 : In daunger hit semed, Withouten..Hurrok oþer handehelme hasped on roþer.
d
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)381 : He askez heterly a hayre & hasped hym vmbe.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)590 : When he watz hasped in armes, his harnays watz ryche.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)831 : Alle hasped in his heȝ wede, to halle þay hym wonnen.
- c1450(?a1400) Parl.3 Ages (Add 31042)201 : Me were leuere..lengen a while..Harde haspede in my helme and in my here-wedys.
e
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1388 : He hasppez his fayre hals his armez wyth-inne.