Middle English Dictionary Entry
pappe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | pappe n. Also pap(e. |
| Etymology | L papilla |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A woman's breast; (b) hed of ~, ~ hed, ~ tet, ~ wart, pappes hed, tet of ~, the nipple of a woman's breast; (c) a woman's nipple; (d) a woman's breast or nipple; (e) a man's breast, either the left or right side of the chest; (f) anat. the breast, regardless of sex.
Associated quotations
a
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)32/519 : Hu moni earmðen anan awakeneð..heuinesse in euch lim, þine breostes burþerne o þine twa pappes.
- 1372 Leorne to loue (Adv 18.7.21)17 : Ihesu suete..ley þi feet to my pappe, & kep þe fro þe colde.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)53b/b : Þe pappis hatte vbera in latyn, for þey ben ful of melk..as a botel..aftir þe burþe of a childe..blood..comeþ by a kynde wey in to þe pappis and waxiþ whit..þe pappis ben I-maad..of a maner vddery substaunce þat is neisch fleisch and white as melk in kynde.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.4906 : Astronanta..Of his moder at þe pappis white..was soukynge.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)24a : Þe juis dronkyn makyth þe noryse haue mylke jne hir pappis.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)142b/b : Þe pappez forsoþ somtyme suffreþ apostemez, somtyme congelyng of mylke.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)58b/a : Þe þrid vtilite..perteneþ allonelye to þe pappes of wymmen was for þer schulde be generacioun off milke in hem.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)78/4 : If it be a mayden childe, þai [Amazons] schere away hir a pappe [F mamelle].
- c1440 St.Chris.(Thrn)712 : Þay haylsede hym..And bade hym fele þaire pappis bare And wyrke what euer his will ware.
- a1450 Mandev.(3) (BodeMus 116)51/5 : The mylk aboundede in here pappis.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)140/7 : Þis herbe..stoppyth maydnes pappys fro gret waxyng.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)3080 : The brede of hir brest..Was pleasaund..With two propur pappes, as a peire rounde.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)33b/b : To wommens pappis comeþ manye weies from þe matrice.
- a1500 Lo here is (Tan 407)53 : Þe bewte of women..With ther whyte pappys..passeth al other.
- a1500 O fresch floure (RwlPoet 36)21 : He..Shal neuer..be Iocound, Rememberyng your grete hede..And eyþer of youre pappys like a water-bowge.
- a1500 With wooful hert & gret (Hrl 541)43 : Her pappis bene godely & round.
- c1500(?c1450) Wedding Gawain (Rwl C.86)241 : In the sholders she was a yard brode, Hangyng pappys to be an hors lode.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)53b/a : Þe tete, þe heed of þe pappe þat þe childe soukeþ..hatte pappilla in latyn.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)47b/a : Papilla: an hed of a pappe.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)6b/a : Of litelnesse of þe pappes heuedes [Ch.(2): tete].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)143a/a : Þe pap heued [Ch.(2): tete; L papillus] is so profounded þat þe childe may not take it.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)43a/b : In þe which..ben..addiciouns liche to þe tetes of pappes [Ch.(2): tetely addiciouns].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)45a/b : Þer ben addiciouns as it were pappe tetes in þe forþemer ventrikel.
- a1450 Chauliac(4) (Cai 336/725)32/16 : Of litilnes of þe pappe wertis [*Ch.(1): pappes heuedes; Ch.(2): tete].
- ?a1450 Arderne LW (Em 69)124 : To a preest of Colstone..ther felle a sore in the ryghte pappe withinne the skyne uppone the heed of the pappe.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)25b/b : In þe forþere partie of þe brayn..þere springiþ two additamentis, as it were heedis of tetis or of pappis.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)41b/b : The marys in a womman haþ two..cellis..But oþere beestis han as manye cellis as þei han pappis heedis.
c
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)6022 : A pore womman..bare a chylde yn cloþes loke, Þe pappe yn þe mouþe as hyt had soke.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)107/6 : A womman when sho will spane hur child, sho will enoynt hur pappis with bitter þing.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)133/20 : Here is an helynge salue for sore pappys þat aryn brocyn and rennen.
d
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)6441 : Hiss moderr..fedde himm wiþþ þatt illke millc Þatt comm off hire pappe.
- a1250 Ancr.(Tit D.18)117/26 : Eadmodnesse..hailses meaðlesliche..on his moder teares, O þe pappes [Corp-C: tittes] þat he seac.
- c1330 St.Kath.(2) (Auch)532 : Bot þou forsake Jhesu Crist..þine pappes of þi brest Wiþ iren hokes schal be rent.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)3.2010 : He hire Pappes scholde of tere Out of hire brest his oghne hondes.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)53b/a : The pappe hatte mamilla in latyn.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)3018 : Quen he was spaned fra þe pap His fader..made a fest.
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)636/15 : Mamma: pappe, mamilla: idem est, uber: idem est.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)10252 : Sche toke the child In her lap That was soukyng at her pap.
- (?a1430) Hoccl.BV(1) (Hnt HM 111)112 : Thy maydenhede Shewith the pappes wherwith he was fed.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)382 : Pappe: Mamilla, uber.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)4321 : Barnes fra þair moder pappes þai schoke And slange þaim to þe grounde.
- a1450 As I me ros (Sln 2593)p.48 : As che hym tok al in here lap, He tok that maydyn be the pap..And sok his fille.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)172/100 : My lytyll childe lyth all lame þat lullyd on my pappys.
- c1475 All hayle Mary (Hrl 2251)31 : Ihesu..Of thi pappis sowkid..for oure sustinaunce.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)92a : A Pappe: Mamilla, Mamma, papilla, vber.
- a1500(?c1400) Gowther (Adv 19.3.1)128 : His modur..bad hym þo pappe..He rofe þo hed fro þo brest.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)246/24 : In þo two dayes þe litel ȝonge infawnte Nicolas helde hym content with oo mele at the pappes.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)5 : Þe toode..secke his blod, in maner of a childe att þe pappis of his modir.
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)677/22 : Uber, mamma, mamilla: a pape.
e
- ?a1425(?c1350) NHom.(3) Pass.(RwlPoet 175)3160 : Þe schere spere sone glyde he gert Vnder þe Papp to Ihesu hert.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)58b/a : Þe vtilite of þe creacioun off þe pappes in men was for two skilles.
- c1440(c1350) Octav.(1) (Thrn)892 : The childe hym hitt one þe schuldir bone, That to þe pappe þe swerde gane gone.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)29.385 : A opCourbed knyf he drowh out than, and vndir the pappe smot him Anon.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)429/103 : Inne with a spere-poynte atte þe pappe To þe harte full thraly he thraste hym.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)271/17 : Sir Launcelot drew his swerde..and clave his hede unto the pappys.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)482/15 : Sir Kehydins had a falle and was sore wounded an hyghe abovyn the pappis.
- (1470) Paston (EETS)1.415 : He is lowere..them my lytell Tom by the schorderys, and more lytell above hys pappe.
- a1500(a1400) Ipom.(1) (Chet 8009)4577 : Vndernethe the lyfte pappe Thorowe all his hernes..The sokett glasyd away.
f
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)2132 : Bi þe pappes he leyen naked: So faire two weren neuere maked In a bed to lyen samen.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)53a/b : Þe brest is fundament of pappes and tetes.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)14b/b : The pappes [Ch.(2): tetes]..beþ componed of white flesh glandelous & spongious & of veynez neruez & arteriez.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)75b/a : Signez of þe hert y-wounded is blaknez of þe blode goyng out..& þe place vnder þe lefte pap [Ch.(2): tete; L mamilla].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)56b/b : Þer ben foure parties þat contenen oþer holden: þe skynne, þe musculous fleische, þe pappes, and þe bones.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)137/2 : Þe jous of þis herbe..helyȝt þe sorhed..of Rybbys and of pappys.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)33b/a : Thorax is y-compouned..of þe skyn..and of þe lacertous fleisch of pappis and of bonys.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)33b/a : Pappis boþe in men & in wommen ben y-schapen and y-mad of manye veynes and arteries and of neische, whit, kirnelly, and spoungeous.
- a1500 Off alle wemen (Cmb Ff.5.48)26 : O woman, loke to me agayne, That playes & kisses your childur pappys.
2.
(a) An animal's teat or udder; fig. that which nourishes; (b) a fleshy projection resembling a nipple.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)54a/a : Beestis wiþ fewe pappis [L vbera] hauen fewe children.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)160a/a : No manere kynde of ffisshe hath..pappes [L mamillas] noþer mylke but þe delphyn.
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)90/1 : Flee we..bodily & warldly lufe..qwos flowre is anoytt with gall, & þe pape [L uber] of neddyrs, þof it be priuely, it beris.
- c1440(c1350) Octav.(1) (Thrn)372 : The childe sowkyde þe lyones..Whene it þe pappes felide.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)437/14 : It was nurisshid on a sew papp.
- c1450(a1375) Octav.(2) (Clg A.2)566 : We segh..a wonder happe, A manchyld swoke [read: sowke] a lyones pappe.
- c1450(a1400) Chev.Assigne (Clg A.2)114 : An hynde..fell before hem adownne; þey drowȝe to þe pappes.
- a1500 Henley Husb.(Sln 686)52 : Yeff a male calfe be seke..let it haue þe moderis mylke a monethe and it at þe monethis ende take fro it a pape & so at euery wekis ende folowing a pape.
- a1500 Henley Husb.(Sln 686)56 : When þer lammes ben ewid, let your sheperde take away þe woll abowt þer modris papis, for it..strangelith þem.
b
- a1450 Treat.Horses (Sln 2584)121/494 : If þou se pappes in þe brynkes of wondes or blaknus with-ynne þe wonde..þat is uerei signe of ded flesche.
- ?a1450 Arderne LW (Em 69)125 : The sore..hadde pappys lyke to the pappys of ane hoownd.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)119 : Pro emoroydys..ȝef he haue gret pappes, bynde a bowte þe pappe a red selke þreed faste by þe grounde, and kerue awey þe pappe aboue þe þreed.
- a1500 Med.Bk.(2) (Sln 3153)120 : For þe emeraudes þat han no pappis.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. pap.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense 1.(b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. head of the pap.