Middle English Dictionary Entry
lumpred ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | lumpred ppl. Also lompurt. |
| Etymology | ?From lumped & -er suf.(3). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Heaped up or twisted into lumps.
Associated quotations
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)52b/a : Tokenes of hernia varicosa..ben..fulnesse of veynes lumprede to gedre [*Ch.(1): contorted or writhed; L contortarum] in þe manere of a vyne.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)196/22 : Þe norse arose, and come to Thomas cradyl, and his cloþes were lompurt, and scho wold haue amende hom.
- c1500(?c1450) Wedding Gawain (Rwl C.86)554 : Her lyppes laye lumpryd on her chyn; Nek forsothe on her was none i-seen.