Middle English Dictionary Entry
hempen adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | hempen adj. |
| Etymology | From hemp n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Made of hemp; ~ lane, the gallows.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)318a/b : Þe machche is made of hempene þreed.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)1233 : She hadde on a sukkenye, That not of hempene heerdis was.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)235 : Hempyne [vr. hempene], or hempy: Canabeus.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)454 : Ware hem of hempen lane! ffor stelthe is medid with a chekelew bane.
- (1474) Acc.St.Edm.Sarum15 : ij galons of tarre bought for the tarryng of the hempon cabul ij s.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)60a/a : Þanne wete in þat same wyn plagellis ouþir plastris of hempen towȝ.
- a1500(?a1400) KEdw.& S.(Cmb Ff.5.48)910 : Ellis mot i hangyt be With a hempyn corde.