Middle English Dictionary Entry
p n.
Entry Info
| Forms | p n. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The letter p of the alphabet; also, used as an initial for a name; (b) a designation for the fifteenth item in an order; (c) the p-section of an alphabetized list; (d) the sound of the letter 'p'.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)187a/b : Þe hebrew hath nouȝt þis lettre P.
- ?c1400 Sloane SSecr.(Sln 213)15/40 : Nowe..go we se þe Abece of þis crafte, wher-by..þise countes sale be caste..P:13.
- a1425 *Tit.Alphabet (Tit D.18)9a : Alphabetum Anglicum: n, en; o; p, pe; q, cu.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)1.pr.1.33 : In the nethereste hem or bordure of thise clothes, men redden ywoven in a Grekissch P, that signifieth the lif actif.
- (1443) Will York in Sur.Soc.30132 : I bequethe to Alis Wilughby..xij spones of silver marked with R and P.
- (1453) Invent.Norwich in Nrf.Archaeol.12216 : Item, j magnum tapetum rubium de Tapesery cum v wrethys et literis in medio M et P.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)4921 : Lynealy, yiff ye descende..Ye shal fynde wryte A 'P'.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)4974 : Ye most ha pes & vnyte; Sych ys ytokenyd by the p.
b
- (1421) in Hist.Essays Tait211 : Inventarium librorum..M..N..O..P..Q, [etc.]
c
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)178b/b : Medicinez bigynnyng by P.
- c1425 Wycl.Concord.in Spec.43 (Roy 17.B.1)271 : If þou fynde not þis text, tribulacioun worchiþ pacience, in P, in þis terme pacience, þou shalt fynde it in T, in þis word tribulacioun.
- c1425 *Wycl.Concord.(Roy 17.B.1)105b-117a : [At tops of pages] P.
d
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)3.3.3 (p.223) : It schuld be said 'ambulla' (which [?read: with] -b-) and noȝt 'ampulla' (which [?read: with] -p-).