Middle English Dictionary Entry
hoppen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | hoppen v. Also hop(pe, hoppie, oppen, oppien & (in surnames only) hope-, hob(b)e-. |
| Etymology | OE hoppian |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. hippen.
1.
(a) To dance; (b) to hop, leap, bound, bounce.
Associated quotations
a
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)20/305 : I þet eadi trume..ne meten nane buten heo hoppin ne singen.
- a1253 MParis HA (Roy 14.C.7)1.381 : Hoppe, hoppe, Wileken, hoppe, Wileken, Engelond is min ant tin.
- a1300 Hwi ne serue (Jes-O 29)35 : Þayh we her hoppen ihosed and ischode, Heonne we schulle þrynge.
- c1300 SLeg.Mich.(LdMisc 108)254 : Grete compaygnie men i-seoth of heom boþe hoppie and pleiȝe, þat Eluene beoth i-cleopede.
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Cmb Gg.1.1)285 : Berbiz baleie, dame bale [glossed:] hoppeth [vr. daunces].
- c1330 Why werre (Auch)351 : Attourneis..maken men biginne that they nevere hadden thouht; And whan theih comen to the ring, hoppe if hii kunne.
- c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)94 : F. bale..W. hoppith.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Rv.(Manly-Rickert)A.3876 : We hoppen alwey whil that the world wol pipe.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Co.(Manly-Rickert)A.4375 : At euery bridale wolde he synge and hoppe.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)9220 : Foure ȝede to þe courte of Rome And euer hoppyng aboute þey nome.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.1107 : 'How ferforth be ye put in loves daunce?' 'By God,' quod he, 'I hoppe alwey byhynde!'
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)246 : Hoppyn, or skyppn: Salto.
- c1450 My ladyes (Frf 16)70 : At revell for to se yow hoppe, Ys joy y-now.
- a1475(a1450) Tourn.Tott.(Hrl 5396)15 : Þer hopped Hawkyn; Þer davnsed Dawkyn.
- a1500 Mirror Salv.(Beeleigh)p.31 : So seint, abstynent and chaste..Neeuere wont to hoppe ne daunce nor renne fro house til house.
b
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)211 : Shonkes and fet oppieð, wombe gosshieð, and shuldres wrenchieð.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.403 : Euermore in þis array They gooþ, fiȝteþ, pleieþ, hoppeth and lepeþ [L prosiliunt].
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.6042 : A lappewincke mad he was, And thus he hoppeth on the gras.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)264b/a : The lombe hoppeþ [L salit] and lepeþ tofore þe folk.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)246 : Hoppyn as fleys, or froschys, or other lyke: Salio.
- c1440(?a1400) Perceval (Thrn)1191 : He..Made þe Sarazenes hede-bones Hoppe als dose hayle-stones Abowtte one þe gres.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)13509 : Y wolde þey hadde on vs more sought; Ouer fer byfore vs þey han hopped, & oure right passage haue þey stopped.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)12506 : Stith was the storme, stird all the shippes, Hoppit on hegh with heste of the fflodes.
- c1450(c1405) Mum & S.(2) (Add 41666)1732 : Thus þay muse on þe mase..Til heedes been hewe of and hoppe on þe grene.
- a1500(?c1450) Florence (Cmb Ff.2.38:Vietor)640 : Hedys hopped vndur hors fete As hayle stones done in þe strete.
- 1607(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hrl 2124)198/323 : Thy sonne..must of me learne a play: he must hop, or I goe away, upon my speare ende.
2.
In idiomatic expressions, etc.: (a) to dance or leap for joy; ~ for joie; (b) ~ upon the ring, to dance in a circle, dance in a set; ~ upon his ring, dance to his tune; ~ in the same daunce, dance to the same tune; ~ on loves ring, ~ upon loves daunce, fall in love; (c) ~ hedles, to be beheaded; (d) in proverbial expressions.
Associated quotations
a
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)16/227 : Þe engles beoð isweamet..& te deoflen hoppin [Tit: hoppen] & kenchinde beaten honden to ȝederes.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)5632 : Þe deuel com biuore him & hoppede & lou, & saylede & pleyde & made ioye ynou.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.285 : Þanne Lanfrank hopped [L Emicat..tripudio] for joye.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)3.199 : I made his men meri..And dede hem hoppe for hope to haue me at wille.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)298/164 : O! my harte hoppis for joie To se nowe þis prophette appere.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)226 : The childe stiride in hir body, ffor ioy of Crist þer hoppet [L exultavit] he.
- c1500(a1450) ALacrim.(Hrl 2274)p.278 : To Anna and caiphas they hym lede; For ioy of hym her herte gan hoppe.
b
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)374 : Thanne was the schrewe jn joye..and wiste wel..that sche scholde hoppen vppon hys Rynge.
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.OFools (LdMisc 683)25 : The tenthe fooll may hoppe vpon the ryng, Foote al afforn, and lede of riht the daunce.
- c1475(c1450) Idley Instr.(Cmb Ee.4.37)1.1113 : Be heryng therof to be cast in a traunse And broght for to hoppe vppon loves daunce.
- a1500(c1450) Idley Instr.(Arun 20)2.B.2632 : Yff a weddyd man a syngyll woman take..Þe lust of hys lechery þe soule xall beweyll; And in lyke wyse þe wyffe, yf sche make such alyance, Full redely xall she hopp in þe same dance.
- a1500 Alex.-Cassamus (Cmb Ff.1.6)127 : Yf y shal hoppe algate on louys rynge, I wyl make my graunte, wyl ȝe be al present.
c
- c1330 KTars (Auch)59/1097 : Þe Sarrazins þat day Opped heued-les for her pay.
- c1330 Otuel (Auch)1582 : Bi mahoun..Þou schalt hoppen heuedles.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.179 : Hedeles ere þei hopped & slayn alle may þou se, þat þi way stopped.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)1082 : Hedles schal þou hop! Bot þou do als y þe seye.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)4673 : Gaynyd hem no mercy to crye, What scholde dogges doo but dye? Al þe fflok hoppyd hedeless; In þis manere j made pes.
d
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)684 : Þe feend, men seyn, may hoppen in a pouche Whan þat no croys þere-inne may a-pere.
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)3.262 : It fallith as well to..yonge men..to ȝeue good redis, As becometh a kow to hoppe in a cage!
3.
In surnames.
Associated quotations
- (1169) in Pipe R.Soc.13150 : Hoppescort.
- (1186) in Pipe R.Soc.36166 : Hugo Hoppegamen.
- (1199-1216) *in Pilkington Surn. : Hopesorth.
- (1212) Bk.of Fees106 : Hubertus Hoppesort.
- (1220) CRR(2) 8259 : Hugo Huppeoverhumbr'.
- (1226-57) *in Pilkington Surn. : Hobescert, Hopeshort.
- (1238) Close R.Hen.III120 : Willelmus Hoppegamme.
- (1255) Close R.Hen.III176 : Hugo Hoppeshort.
- (1272-1307) *in Pilkington Surn. : Hobbeshorte.
- (1273) *in Pilkington Surn. : Opscort.
- (1310) Sub.R.Bdf.in Suf.GB 188 : Walterus Hoppedemurie.