Middle English Dictionary Entry
hemp n.
Entry Info
| Forms | hemp n. Also hemep, henep(e, henoppe, henp(p)e, hanep & (error) hem. |
| Etymology | OE hænep |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The plant hemp (Cannabis sativa); ~ lef, ~ sed; ~ haue (yerd), an enclosed field for growing hemp; ~ lond, land on which hemp is grown; (b) hemp fiber made into cloth, cord, etc.; ~ herdes, hards of hemp; ~ tou; (c) used as a translation term for Latin plant names; esp. Herba Camepitium or ground pine; ?wild hemp; (d) hempseed; (e) as adj.: hempen; (f) in surnames and place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.216].
Associated quotations
a
- (1303) Cal.Exch.in Palgrave Kalendars 1290 : Chanvre qe est en Engleis apele hanep.
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Arun 220)156 : E la semez vostre canoys [glossed:] hempseed.
- c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)234 : Homme..pur cordes seme canoys, And for ropes hempe-sede.
- (1378) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9947 : In plumbo empto pro uno aqueducto in le Hempyard.
- a1400 Mirfeld Sinonoma (Pmb-O 2)14 : Canabis, canurus, hempe idem.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)87a : Wylde hempe ys an erbe..his levys ben like hempe levis.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)177b/a marg. : Hempsede: Canabi semen is a sede ca & sic maturatif.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)190b/b : Take of centorie..of þe croppes of hempe [*Ch.(1): canabus i.hempe].
- (1439) *Close R.17 Hen.VI m.10d [OD col.] : Aliam peciam terre continentem tres rodas cum uno hemphawe.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)43/17 : Tak senigle, violet, tansay, hemp, mugwort, & sethe þam in ale.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)127 : Take erbe robert..mader, hem, orpyn.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)47/11 : Take herbe water..grene henepe, wylde sawge.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)94/20 : Take..þe croppe of henoppe and þe coule.
- (1461) Will Court Hust.(Gldh)p.547 : A litell hous with the hemphawe lieng atte the postile.
- (1464) *Indent.Tylere : It shall plese hyr to sowe vp on a pekke of hempsed.
- (1473) Stonor1.135 : With a lytell plat of hemp lond.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)92a/a : Or ellis lete him drinke..poudre of hempseed or ellis litil pelottis maad of þe same.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)62b : Hempe: Canabus, Canabum.
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)61/12 : A pound of spigurnel, half a pound of bytayne a quarteron of henpe.
b
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)782 : Hom he brouthe..hemp to maken of gode lines.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Dan.3.46 : Thei ceesiden not..for to tende the fourneis with napte, herdis of hemp, or flaxe [WB(2): of flex; L stuppa], and pitche.
- (1404) in Rec.B.Nottingham 222 : xlv strykes de hempe, iiij d.
- (1424) *For.Acc.(PRO) [OD col.] : Mmc lb. Hemptowe de lenne.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)63a/a : Stupa: an hemp hurde or flax hurde.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)58b/b : It is founden to make ham of hempe towe [*Ch.(1): stupez of..hempe].
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)133 : Ne flax, ne hemp, ne wollen threed, ne lynen threed, ne non other maner of thyng suspesious.
- c1450(c1353) Winner & W.(Add 31042)145 : Iche one hase of henppe hynged a corde.
- (1465) Acc.Howard in RC 57308 : The same day my mastyr delyverd to Parker of Herewyche for to bye wyth hempe, xl s.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)86/22 : Out-take all lynnen and hemp..the whiche were reserved to the Covent of Godestowe.
- (1483-84) Acc.Ashburton in D&CRS n.s.154 : [6d. and 23 lbs.] of hempe [collected among the brethren for making bell ropes by] John Emet & John Sevare.
- ?a1500(a1475) Wright's CW (Lamb 306)214 : For I haue both hempe and lyne, And a betyngstocke full fyne.
c
- ?c1125(?OE) Dur-C.Gloss.(Dur-C Hunter 100)125(d) : Cape henep: Capparis vudebend..Canafel siluatica, id est came pithis: henep.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)85.32.1 : Nim þas wyrt ða man chamepithis & on e[n]glis henep hæteð.
- ?a1400 *Bod.HApul.(Bod 130)45a : Camepitium [glossed:] henep.
d
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)237b/b : Som oyle is symple as oyle of olyf..oyle of lynseed..oyle of hemp and oþere suche.
e
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)2224 : Oure pepill..Halis vp hemp cordis, hurled out arowis.
f
- (1256) EPNSoc.16 (Wil.)216 : Hanepinge.
- (1298) Pat.R.Edw.I380 : Peter Hempbier.
- (1305) EPNSoc.16 (Wil.)216 : Hemepynge.
- (1312) EPNSoc.14 (East Riding Yks.& York)72 : Henepeholm.
- (a1327) EPNSoc.16 (Wil.)216 : Henepeshulle.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 MSerm.Mol.(Adv 19.3.1)83 : The whych hemppe gresse and alfyns that is nedefull and spedefull bothe to yow and to me.
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Note: !Filed as a new comb., but quot. as punctuated under aufin, -en n., is an AQ.