Middle English Dictionary Entry
lōp n.
Entry Info
| Forms | lōp n. Also lope. |
| Etymology | From lōpen . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A jump, leap; at a ~, with one bound; withouten ~, without jumping over (a step in a hierarchy); (b) light of lop(es, fleet-footed; (c) in place name [see Smith PNElem. 25].
Associated quotations
a
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)3.916 : Evere on hem I wayte and hope Til I mai sen hem lepe a lope.
- ?c1425 Hoccl.RP (Roy 17.D.6)3436 : He at a lope [Hrl: leep] was at hir, and hir kist.
- a1450 SLeg.Suppl.Bod.(Bod 779)402/47 : Ech man þat prest wolde be scholde vndirfong þe ordres fro gre to gre wit-oute lope & defaute þat þey I-taken were.
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)220 : A Lope: saltus.
b
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)674 : I am lyth of lopys þorwe euery londe.
- c1475 Capgr.St.Kath.(RwlPoet 118)2.223 : Tyme goth fast, it is full lyght of lope.
c
- (c1250) EPNSoc.5 (North Riding Yks.)307 : Loupesoulis.