Middle English Dictionary Entry
quappen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | quappen v. Also quappe, quape & whappe, whape, wap; p.ppl. quapped. |
| Etymology | Cp. MDu. quabbelen tremble, quiver; for the alternation of -bb- and -pp- cp. MDu., MLG quappe, quabbe. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. wappen v.(1).
1.
(a) To struggle or wriggle in death agony; of someone's vital force: suffer convulsion or agitation; (b) of one's heart or arteries: to pound, throb, or palpitate because of joy, fear, distress, etc.; connen quapped, feel agitated; ~ as wave (lik waves); pound or be agitated like a wave (the waves); (c) of the sea, water: to heave, undulate, be agitated.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Judith 13.29 : Seeynge, forsoþe, achior þe heued of olofernes, anguysht for inward drede, fel in to his face vp on þe erþe & his lijf quappede [WB(2): his soule suffride eneyntisyng; L æstuavit anima eius].
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)2 Kings 18.14 : Þanne Joab tooc þre speris..& piȝte hem in þe hert of Absolon, & whanne ȝit he qwappede [WB(2): spraulide; L palpitaret] cleuynge in þe ooc, ten ȝonge squyeris of Joab rynnyn & smijtynge sloowen hym.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Tob.6.4 : Þe aungil seide to hym, 'cacche his fyn & drawȝ it to þee,' þe whiche thyng whan he hadde don, he droowȝ it in to þe drye, & it began to quappyn beforn his feet.
b
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.2745 : Sche kept it in ful cloos Amyd hir herte quappyng as a wawe For drede and fere.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.57 : Lord, so that his herte gan to quappe, Heryng hire come.
- ?c1425(c1412) Hoccl.RP (Roy 17.D.6)p.78 : But sore in me quappethe every veyne, So dredefulle am I of myne ignoraunce.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)865 : A-bak she sterte, And lik the wawes quappe [vr. quake] gan [vr. quapped can] hire herte.
- a1450 Parton.(1) (UC C.188)6446 : His hert so sore ganne whappe [vr. quappe] tho, Remenbring of the Ioy he had be-fore, Which ys now go for euer-more.
- a1450 Parton.(1) (UC C.188)8973 : His hert gan qwappe [vr. whape], his coloure gan change, Seeyng his lady to hym so straunge.
- a1500(a1450) Parton.(1) (Add 35288)10840 : Toward þe castell come Partonope..Anoone as Meliore gan þat espie, Hir herte in hir body gan to qwape..Hir Ioy was hym to se algate.
c
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)1767 : As the se, with tempest al toshake, That after, whan the storm is al ago, Yit wol the water quappe [vrr. quape, whape] a day or two, Ryght so, thogh that hire forme were absent, The plesaunce of hire forme was present.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1239/25 : I sy nothynge but watirs wap and wawys wanne.