Middle English Dictionary Entry
rappe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | rappe n. Also rape. |
| Etymology | Cp. Dan. rap, Swed. rapp; ult. echoic. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A blow, stroke; round rappes, hard blows; (b) a fart.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330 Roland & V.(Auch)605 : Þai gun anoþer fiȝt & stones to gider þrewe; Gode rappes for þe nones Þai ȝauen wiþ þe stones.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)233 : Þaȝ þe rape were rank, þe rawþe watz lyttlel.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)423 : Rappe, stroke: Ictus, percucio, percussura.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)2068 : Envye, Wrathe, ȝe boyes bolde, To rounde rappys ȝe rape, I rede.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)2841 : Now I kylle þe wyth myn knappe! I reche to þe, Mankynd, a rappe To þyne herte rote.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)7680 : He..The right arme with a rappe reft fro þe shuldurs.
- a1475 Gawain & CC (Brog 2.1)397 : He ȝafe þe ston wall seche a rappe That þe goode sper all tobrake, The fyer flewe out of þe flente.
- c1450(a1375) Octav.(2) (Clg A.2)334 : The knyȝt..Þo fauȝt..And to þe ape anoon he gert Well many rappys.
- c1450(a1400) Libeaus (Clg A.2)287 : To dele ech man rappes Euer he was fous.
- a1500(a1400) Libeaus (Lamb 306)1174 : Tho myght men hire dynge And rounde rappis rynge, Amonges hem all in ffeere.
- c1450(c1400) Emare (Clg A.2)660 : The wawes, þat were grete and strong, On þe bote faste þey þonge, Wyth mony vnsemely rappes.
b
- a1475 Friar & B.(Brog 2.1)p.53 : Another rape sche lette goo; Hyr ars was ny to-rente.
- c1500 Friar & B.(Rwl C.86)p.70 : Whan she lokyth on me so, Yef she myght lette a rappe [Prk: crake] goo That myght rynge all þe place!