Middle English Dictionary Entry
bagge-pīpe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | bagge-pīpe n. Also bag-, bayge-. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A bagpipe; also simply bagge.
Associated quotations
- c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)543 : Frestel, cheueret, et harpe: Fleget, bagpipe, and harpe.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.565 : A bagge pipe wel koude he blowe and sowne.
- c1390 Body & S.(5) (Vrn)p.70 : Þis pipers, þat þis bagges blewen.
- (c1425) Vita Ric.II in PMLA 52 (Tbr C.9)901 : In primordio hujus Regis [Henry IV] excrescebat nimis insolentia indumentorum..cum profundis and latis manicis vocatis vulgariter Pokys ad modum Bagpipe formatis.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)2199 : Claryouns..blowe ȝour brode baggys!
- c1460 My fayr lady (Hrl 2255)p.200 : There is no bagpipe halff so talle.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)403 : Orpheus was there with hys harpe..Pan gan to carpe Of hys lewde bagpype, whyche causyd the company To lawe.