Middle English Dictionary Entry
ō̆n-lẹ̄̆pī adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | ō̆n-lẹ̄̆pī adj. Also ō̆nlī̆pī, onelepi, olepi, (N) ānlẹ̄̆pī, ane-, ain-, anlipi, lapi, (SWM) ō̆lpī, (SW) ō̆lūpī, (K) ennelepi & (early) ānlẹ̄̆piȝ, -lepine, -lipig, anelipi, anilepi, (early SWM) anlẹ̄̆pī, -læpi, -leapi, -alpi, ane alpi(e, on alpi, one elpi, ē̆nlẹ̄̆pī, -elpi, ænne ælpi(ne, elpi, (early S) elpenian. |
| Etymology | OE; cp. WS ān-lȳpig, ǣn- & prob. A ān-lēpig. Also cp. ān-lēpe, -līpe, lāpe & OI ein-hleypr. Many forms show influence of ō̆ & ō̆n num. & lēpen v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Single, just one; ~ night, for a single night; (b) different from all others, unique; ~ sone (doughter, brother), only son (daughter, brother); ~ blis, unparalleled bliss, supreme joy; (c) same; ~ thing mid, the same thing as; (d) unmarried; ~ man (womman); ~ lif, single life, celibacy; (e) isolated, separate, alone; (f) ?as adv.: only; ? = (e).
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(c1125) Vsp.D.Hom.Fest.Virg.(Vsp D.14)15/12 : Martha, þu eart bisig and gedrefd on feale þingan; Ac anlypig þing is behefe.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)11 : Forr wel he mihhte lokenn himm, Ȝiff þatt he wollde himm lokenn Fra þatt anlepiȝ treo þatt himm Drihhtin forrbodenn haffde.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)23 : Þah an castel beo wel bemoned..and þer beo analpi holh þat an mon mei crepan in, Nis hit al unnet.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)29 : On enelpi luttele hwile, mon mei underfon ane wunde on his licome.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)33 : Nis nawiht þeos weorld; al heo aȝeð on ane alpi þraȝe.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)1747 : Leir ferde to þere sæ mid an alpie [Otho: on alpi] swein.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)6187 : We heom scullen senden ferde of þissen ærde..ænne ælpi verde.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)6669 : Do al þine i-wille & ich wulle beon stille, bute þe an-læpi [Otho: an alpi] þing: ich wulle beon icleoped king.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)39/19 : Gif ic dale all ðat ic habbe wrecche mannen..and ich hatede anlepine mann, ðanne ne habbe ic naht charite.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)1226 : Eð were ure lauerd..to awarpen his unwine..wið an anlepi word, ȝe, wið his an wil.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)166/10 : Þu weschest þine honden in anlepi [Nero: inone elpi] dei twien oðer þrien.
- c1275 Ken.Serm.(LdMisc 471)215/48 : Be leue we stede fast liche þet..fader and sune and holy gost is on-lepi god.
- a1300 Hwi ne serue (Jes-O 29)3 : Hwi ne serue we crist and secheþ his sauht. Seoþþe vs wes at þe font fulluht by-tauht. Ne beo we siker of þe lif on-lepy nauht.
- ?a1300 Fox & W.(Dgb 86)132 : 'A,' quod þe vox, 'ich wille þe telle; On alpi word ich lie nelle.'
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)2107 : He stod, and totede in at a bord, Her he spak anilepi word.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)2237 : Here is gret scorn sikerly, When þat olepi kniȝt Schal ous do so michel vnriȝt.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)18/490 : Cristnyng and confermyng And ordre..no man hy ne takeþ Bote onelepy syþe.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)75/13 : Þe ilke blisse is zuo grat þet huo þet hedde ytake þen of ennelepi drope of þe leste þinge þat þer ys, he ssolde by of þe loue of god zuo dronke.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)125/2 : A grat lhord ssolde he by, ase me þingþ, þet þise onelepi uirtue hedde.
- a1400(c1300) NHom.(1) Gosp.(Phys-E)p.127 : Yef thou an lepi word wil say, Thi word mi sergant hele maye.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)16187 : Had he þan anlepi [Frf: anlapi] signe forwit herods wroght, Had noght þe Iuus don him to ded.
- a1400 Usages Win.(Win-HRO W/A3/1)p.50 : Euerych gret hows in wham me werkeþ þe qwyltes, shal to þe ferme v s. by þe ȝere, þey he ne werche but o-lupy cloþ.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)579 : Was non left vpon lyue, þat a lofte standeþ, Saue o-lepy [vr. anlepy] olyfaunt.
b
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)15700 : Nu hafde Oswald..ænne ælpine broðer, nes þer nan oðer.
- a1225 Lamb.Hom.Creed (Lamb 487)75 : Ich ileue on þe helende crist, filium eius unicum, his enlepi sune.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.Creed (Trin-C B.14.52)19 : Ich bileue on þe helende crist, his onlepi sune.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)74 : In þis ilke burh wes wuniende a meiden..anes kinges Cost hehte anlepi dohter.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)18/34 : Min ahne flesliche feader dude & draf me awei, his an-lepi dohter.
- c1225(?c1200) SWard (Bod 34)36/338 : Hwen euchan luueð godd mare þen him seoluen..muchel is þe anlepi blisse þet ha nimeð.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)186/14 : Mi deorewurðe feader, hauest tu al for warpe me, þin anlepi [Nero: onlepi; Cai: anleapi] sune?
- a1250 Creed (Nero A.14)217 : Ich bileue on god, feder al-mihti, schuppare of heouene and of eorðe, and on iesu crist, his onlepi sune, ure louerd.
- a1300 Hit bilimpeð (Corp-O 59)18 : Ihesu crist, þin elpi sune þe is þe seolf iliche.
- a1325 Creed (Hrl 3724)251 : Hi true in God, fader hal-michttende..and in Ihesu Krist, is anelepi sone.
- (a1333) Herebert Cryst (Add 46919)2 : Cryst, buggere of alle ycoren, þe uadres olpy sone.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)21/29 : Þe proude and þe ouerwenere..ne dayneþ naȝt do ase oþre..ac raþre wile by onlepi ine his dedes.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Luke 7.12 : Whanne he cam nyȝ to the ȝate of the citee, loo, an oonlypi sone of his modir was born out deed.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)16/8 : He wolde þat his oonlepy sone for mannes synnes pyne þoled & deed here in erþe.
c
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)13/32 : Þe holi gost..is onlepi god, an onlepi þing mid þe uader and þe zone.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)145/16 : Enne sseppere..ous made alle of one materie..and to onelepi ende.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)146/5 : Uor þet we byeþ alle uelaȝes ine þe ost of our lhorde..alle we abydeþ on-lepi ssepe, þeþ [read: þet] is, þe blisse wiþ-oute ende.
d
- (1272-3) in Davenport Nrf.Manorp.xxx : Idem respondent de viii s. vi d. de chevagiis de vxx et ii anlepi-mannorum reddentium chevagia.
- (1277) Cust.Rent in OSSLH 2168 : Et sciendum quod unusquisque anilepiman et anilepiwyman qui lucratus fuit in autumpno duodecim denarios vel amplius dabit domino episcopo unum denarium per annum de chevagio ad festum sancti Michaelis.
- (1277) Cust.Rent in OSSLH 2173 : Et sciendum quod unusquisque undersetle vel anilepiman vel anilepiwyman domum vel bordam tenens de quocunque illam teneat inueniet unum hominem ad quamlibet trium precariarum autumpni ad cibum domini. Item, sciendum quod unusquisque anlepiman non habens aliquem mansionem in villa sive sit in servicio sive non, inveniet unum hominem.
- (1277) Doc.in Vinogradoff Villainage213 : Anelipemen, Anelipewyman et coterellus manens super terram episcopi vel terram alicuius custumariorum suorum metet unam sellionem in autumpno ex consuetudine que vocatur luuebene.
- (1277) in Homans E.Villagers432 : Summa precariarum in autumpno duodecies viginti et octo cum prepositis preter coterellos, vndersetles et anilepimans que innumerabiles sunt quia quandoque accrescunt quandoque decrescunt.
- (1327) Doc.Littleport in Seld.Soc.4146 : Quilibet undersetle metet dim. acram bladi in autumpno et ligabit et siccabit sine cibo sicut quilibet Anelepyman et Anelepywymman.
- (1357) Gaytr.LFCatech.(Yk-Borth R.I.11)94/547 : Ane is fornication, a fleshly syn Betwix ane aynlepi [vr. anlypy] man, and ane aynlepi woman.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)103/40 : For wele I myght euere mare Anlepy life haue led.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)38 : In prestis..it is mikil greuowsare þan simple fornicacoun bi thwex an onlepy man and an onlepi womman.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)3b : A Anlepy man: Solutus, Agamus..A Anlepy [Monson: Anelepy] woman: inuestis, soluta.
e
- a1300(OE) Deed Crediton (CotR 2.11)119 : Þis his sint þalondes imeare þare ȝurd bi cridia: Erest on schokebrokes ford; þanne east on þan paþe on þan litel gore estward..Opon ȝenstrem on þan elpenian aker.
f
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)10/272 : Olepi mot hym ine þe water [alt.to: Olepi me mot hym depe ine þe water].
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Removed NOTE reading "Cp. anlepe adj." following FORMs above per Suppl. correction slip ("No such word in MED.")--JL