Middle English Dictionary Entry
orped adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | orped adj. Also horped, herpede, (error) ornwode. |
| Etymology | OE |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Stout-hearted, bold, valiant; strong in battle, mighty; ~ in dedes, valiant in war; (b) splendid, excellent; (c) in surnames.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)5766 : Þe kniȝtes of þe table rounde..feld of hors Mani heþen orped cors.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)1135 : Orped [vr. Stronge] þou art and of grete miȝt, Gode kniȝt & ardi in fiȝt.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)183/6 : Þe guode kniȝt and orped þet heþ guod herte and hardi and heþ y-by ine uele þrestes mid grat wil and grat honger to ssewy his strengþe ine tornemens.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.175 : Þe Grees..were somtyme stalworþe and orped and best men of armes.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)5.231 : Þe emperour hadde out of his companye þe orped [Higd.(2): noble; L strenuum] man Bonefacius.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.239 : Why wilt þu unware fiȝte with so meny orped [L validis] men?
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)3.2415 : Which afterward was of his hond An orped kniht in many a stede, And gret prouesce of armes dede.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)174a/b : Þe peple is..orpede and hardy in batayle.
- c1400 Brut-1333 (Rwl B.171)227/14 : For-asmiche as ȝe haue bene orpede in ȝour dedes, he dede vnto ȝow michel honour.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)59 : Houndis þer be þe which ben bold, and orped and beeþ iclepid bold for þei byn bold and good for þe hert.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.4594 : No man more orpid nor hardier to firȝt [read: fiȝt] Nor desyrous for to han victorie.
- ?a1425(a1400) Brut-1377 (Corp-C 174)302/8 : He toke wiþ hym..oþere worþy & orped men of armes.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)103/20 : Þei ben right gode werryoures & orped [F pruez] & wyse, noble & worthi.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)371 : Orpud [Win: Ornwode]: Audax, bellipotens.
- 1448 *Glo.Chron.C (Arms 58:Kooper)f.178v : Thenne Harolde .. vnwyselich holdyng hym not apaide to bide in his warde vnder his baner, istrenghthed aboute and stuffed with orpede men as fell to a kyng as to be stale and castell to other.
- c1450 ABCArist.(Lamb 853)p.261 : To orped, ne to ouerþwart, & ooþis þou hate.
- c1475 Guy(1) (Cai 107/176)10330 : He..bad hym..fynd an orped knyȝt That dare with the geaunt fyȝt.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)439 : Tho were orped knyghtes, and the beste of all the hoste for to endure and suffre traueile of armes.
b
- c1500 King & H.(Ashm 61:Hazlitt)434 : Hermyte, me pays wele with thee, Thou arte a horpyd frere.
c
- (1199) CRR(1) 1228 : Gilebertus Herpedeman.
- (1222) Close R.Tower 1516 : Petrus Orpedeman.
- (1230) in Pipe R.Soc.n.s.4211 : Willelmus Orpede de Dunton'.
- (1250) Bk.of Fees1172 : Walterus Horpede.
- (1251) Close R.Hen.III409 : Walterum Horped.
- (1257) Pat.R.Hen.III593 : Margery Orpedeman.
- (1275) Hundred R.Tower 1405 : T. Orpedeman.
- (1300) Court R.Lond.83 : Robert Orpedeman.
- (1327) Sub.R.Lei.in AASRP 19.2261 : Willelmus le Orped.
- (1332) Sub.R.Bdf.in Suf.GB 18175 : Robertus Orpede.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1486 Sln.Bk.Hawking (Sln 3488)142 : And þen thou shalt haue an orped hauke and an orped fleer And of gode corage, so that þou yif hir casting euery iij day if hit be faire wethir.
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