Middle English Dictionary Entry
hēpen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | hēpen v. Also hẹ̄pen, heapen, heipen, heppe. P.ppl. i)hēped, hæped, hē̆pped, happed. |
| Etymology | OE gehēapian & A *gehēpan (cp. WS gehȳpan). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To gather (things) into a heap; sweep up (dirt); (b) to fill (a container, a measure, one's hand) heaping full, heap up; fill (a cup) to the brim; (c) to collect (people or things), gather; ~ togeder, ~ up; ppl. as noun: the heped, goods collected or hoarded.
Associated quotations
a
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)161/12 : Þrefter kimeð eft aȝein & heapeð eft to gederes þet wes ear ileauet.
- a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)Rom.12.21 : Þou schalt hepe [L congeres] þe colys of fyre (þat is to seye, þe hete of charite) vp on his hed.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)1b/b : Accumlo: to hepe.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)235 : Heepyd: Cumulatus. Hepyn, or make on a hepe: Cumulo, accumulo [Win: Cumlo, Accumilo].
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)12.334 : And yf they mende not, yheped se Askis or flood grauel aboute her roote.
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)3.42 : Þis brid be a bank bildith his nest, And heipeth his heires [?read: eiren] and hetith hem after.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)63a : To hepe [Monson: Heppe]: Accumulare, Aceruare, Addere.
b
- c1300 SLeg.Bridget(1) (LdMisc 108)22 : Heo fond eche lome i-heped ful, al a-boue þe brerde.
- c1390 NHom.Narrat.(Vrn)276/7 : And vche mon þat his Cuppe heped And dronk þerof, anon he sleped.
- (1424) Let.Bk.Lond.I (Gldh LetBk I)288 : Purveours of cornes..token xxv quarters of corne for xx quarters, for as mochell as thei mesured every busshell heped.
- a1475 PPl.A(1) (Hrl 875)3.228 : Here riȝthond is hepid ful of ȝeftis [L dextera eorum repleta est muneribus].
- c1475 Chartier Quad.(1) (UC 85)225/20 : The deepe profundenesse of the erth that was open in the market place of Rome, wherof the citee was in parill, .. might neuer be hepid [Fr. combler], as the aruspices saiden, withoute that the more .. noble thinge of Rome shulde therynne descende.
c
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Hab.2.5 : And he shal hepe to gydre [L coacervabit] to hym alle peplis.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)5771 : But late us..speke of hem that in her toures Hepe up hir gold.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)33b/b : Inflaciouns..ben made of a spirit heped to gedre [*Ch.(1): wynde gadred togider; L spiritu coaceruato].
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)50a/a : Of þe whiche coldenesse, a multitude of watry mater is heped to gedre.
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)4/24 : Þai..þat ryches hepys, & knawys noȝt to whome þai gedyr.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)2.1635 : No man..getith hym victorie With noumbres hepid nor gret multitude.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)3.4320 : And thouh his chestis happid [vrr. happed, hepid] be with gold, With iren barris faste shet & closid, Fals scarsete gouerneth his houshold.
- c1450 Scrope Othea (Lngl 253)34 : Thow all tresowre of the worlde were heppid togedir to the possession of the couetous man, he shuld not yette [be] satisffiede.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)141 : The goodes that ben yiven ben more worth than the hepede.
2.
(a) To heap up (harms, woe, virtue, etc.), increase (sth.); add to one's sinfulness; ~ to, ~ upon, add (sth.) to (sth.); (b) to multiply (numbers).
Associated quotations
a
- a1400(?a1325) Bonav.Medit.(1) (Hrl 1701)865 : Þey wounded here and heped harm vp on harmes.
- (1402) Hoccl.Cupid (Hnt HM 744)407 : Hire hepid vertu hath swich excellence.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.236 : And in his brest the heped wo bygan Out breste.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.389 : Folie hepid upon folie greveþ God more.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.59 : He wiste how þei shulde synne, and ever heepe, and not amende.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)4.pr.5.33 : But now hepith and encreseth [L exaggerat] myn astonyenge God, governour of thinges.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)5.pr.2.44 : Thei hepen and encrecen the servage which thei han joyned to hemself.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.6950 : Onrecuperable Ar thilke hepid sorwes..Which han..oppressid my corage.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)32.399 : That mankynde..be fild so ful of dedly Synne, of filthes of wrechchednesse..and Every day they hepen More and More.
- a1450 St.Kath.(3) (Richardson 44)36 : And for to hepe her feynynges, þey say he styed vp aftur into heuene.
- a1450 St.Kath.(3) (Richardson 44)54 : The Mayre..stured hym to a newe woodnes, heepyng turmentes to turmentes.
b
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)4331 : All þiss þrinne taless hæp Iss hæpedd aȝȝ wiþþ ehhte.
3.
(a) To become heaped up, be filled; (b) to become greater, increase.
Associated quotations
a
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)3688 : The heuyn in hast hepit with cloudis.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)3696 : The wyndes..Rut vp the rughe se on rokkes aboute; As hilles hit hepit in a hond while.
b
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)1450 : Fortune..of a litill hath likyng a low for to kyndull, þat hepis into harme in a hond while.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)3548 : Thes harmes so heterly hepit in his mynde With sorow so sodainly, þat his sight failet.