Middle English Dictionary Entry
lǒupe n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | lǒupe n.(1) |
| Etymology | ?Blend of ON (cp. OI hlaup a leap, a run, etc.) & Celt. (cp. Sc.Gael. lūb a loop, bend, etc., MIr. lūb & lūbaid, lūbtha). The form is more readily derived from ON; the meanings point to Celt. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A loop of cloth, rope, leather, etc.
Associated quotations
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)591 : When he watz hasped in armes, his harnays watz ryche; Þe lest lachet ouer loupe lemed of golde.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)108a/b : And when it [dislocation] is olde, þe fote is hongen with a loupe [*Ch.(1): a stremb vel stirep; L stremba] to þe schuldre.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)2806 : Paris..& his pure brother..Shot into ship..Lauset loupis fro the le, lachyn in Ancres.
- a1475 Bk.Courtesy (Sln 1986)446 : Two beddys..henget shalle be with hole sylour, With crochettis and loupys sett on lyour.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)75b : A lowpe: Amentum, Ansa, Corrigia.