Middle English Dictionary Entry
lēp n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | lēp n.(2) Also lepe; pl. lepes & lepen. |
| Etymology | OE lēap |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A basket for carrying grain, bread, gravel, etc.; (b) a basket for holding or catching fish; fish trap; (c) some kind of metal basket or bucket; (d) the amount of things held in a basket; (e) a dry measure; (f) ~ hok, ?a hook for, or used with, a fish trap; ~ makere, one who makes baskets; also as surname; ber(e)-lep(e, sed ~, win ~, q.v.; bred ~ [see bred n. (1) 1. (c)]; windwing ~ [see windwing].
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)359 : Þeȝ þu nime euere oþþan lepe, Hit is eure ful bihepe.
- (1300) in Salzman Building in Engl.354 : [2] lepes [for carrying lime].
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Cmb Gg.1.1)475 : E puis le portes en une corbail [glossed:] lepe.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ex.29.3 : Of puyr whete meel all þingis þou schalt make & putt in alepe [WB(2): panyere; L canistro].
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))2 Cor.12.33 : By a wyndow in a leep, I was latun down by the wal.
- (1388) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)5.82 : [An old straw] leep [and a] trow [for pigs worth 6 d.].
- c1390 NHom.Narrat.(Vrn)313/57 : In a lep bred he bare.
- a1400(c1250) Floris (Eg 2862)738 : To lepes [vr. coupen] he lete of floures fylle.
- a1400 Usages Win.(Win-HRO W/A3/1)p.66 : Þat non of hem ne sholde fecche here bred, but þere þe lepen stondeþ.
- a1400 Pep.Gosp.(Pep 2498)52/4 : His deciples..gedreden seuene leepes ful of relef.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)1 Kings 9.7 : A lepe [L sportulam] we han not.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Ex.2.3 : Sche took a leep [WB(1): ionket; L fiscellam] of segge and bawmede it with tar and pitch and puttide the ȝong child with ynne.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)12b/a : Cartallum: a lepe.
- (1435-6) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99232 : Et in 6 spartis cum 2 lepys empt. pro cova, 6 s. 4 d.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)296 : Leep, or baskett [KC: lepp]: Sporta, calathus, corbis, canistrum.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)184/27 : He..garte þaim wurk with hym euer-ilk day & make skuttels & lepis of wandis.
- (1454) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99150 : j lepe pro granis portandis.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)5.131 : Constantyne..bare x leepes [L cophinos] fulle of erthe..on his schulders.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)5.195 : Moyses thabbot..take a lepe [L sportam; Trev.: panyer] fulle of gravelle on his backe.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)72b : A lepe: Canistrum, cophinus, cophinulus, corbus, corbulus.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)6876 : Hit [the child] was fayr of blode and bone, that ho fond in that lepe lyyng.
- a1500 Her commys Holly (BodPoet e.1)p.95 : Whosoeuer ageynst Holly do crye, In a lepe shall he hang full hye.
b
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)5352 : In lepes & in coufles, so moche viss hii ssolleþ hom bringe.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Job 40.26 : Whether thou shalt fille nettis with his skyn, and the lep [L gurgustium] of fisshis with the hed of hym?
- (1395) in Rec.B.Nottingham 1282 : Idem, Ricardus in communibus aquis villae Notynghamiae habuit lez lepes..jacentes pro pissibus capiendis.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)297 : Leep, for fysshe kepynge, or takynge: Nassa.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)72b : A lepe for fysche: fiscella, gurgustrum.
c
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)9/23 : Þat soule of Ode, brouȝt in an yren leep all glowynge as fyir, cryed horrybely for peyne.
d
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Num.6.17 : A weþer forsoþe he shal offre a pesyble hoost to þe lord, offrynge..a leep [WB(2): panyere; L canistrum] of þerf louys.
- c1390(c1350) NHom.(2) PSanct.(Vrn)93/146 : Of þe Relef leid on hepes þer lafte fulle twelue lepes.
- c1425 Castle Love(2) (Eg 927)718 : Twelf lepes of relef ful away thei bere.
- c1450 Whanne marye was greet (Lamb 853)181 : Twelue leepis of releef þerof dide þriue.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)1532 : Twelfe lepis lede Of relif þat þer laft wes.
e
- (1277) Gloss.DuCange () : Et colliget de nucibus in bosco comini tertiam partem unius mensuræ, quæ vocatur Lepe, quod est tertia pars 2 bussellorum.
f
- (1338) in Fransson Surn.171 : John le Lepmaker.
- (1360-1) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100563 : Joh'i lepemaker pro 4 sportis pro bracina..2 scuteles..8 s. 4 d.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)17b/b : Corbio: a lep maker.
- (1453) *Acc.R.Winfrid : Un' ha[mus] voc' lepehoke.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)72b : A lepe maker: Cophinarius, corbo, corbonarius.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)40/36 : Ælce dæig man sealde ær þan þan leonen twa scep to bigleofe & twegen leapes oððet, ac heom næs þa geseald, þæt heo toslitten Daniel.
Note: New sense: 'corpse' L corpora; OE leapas. BT has as sense 2 of basket word
- (?c1416) MSS Beverley in HMC99 : Boll-sellars and Dysch-sellers…lepys and scuttyll-sellers [contribute 5d.].
Note: New comb.