Middle English Dictionary Entry
rappen v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | rappen v.(2) Also rap(pe; pl. (error) wrappen; p. rapped, rapte. |
| Etymology | Cp. MLG rapp & rappen. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To hasten, rush violently; ~ and rennen, of the pupils of the eyes: move quickly, dart, flicker [cp. rapen v.(2) (e)]; (b) refl. to hasten, hurry.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330(?c1300) Bevis (Auch)95/1900 : He and þe geaunt to-gedre rapte And delde strokes mani & fale.
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)4.23 : Concience on his Capul Carieþ forþ Faste, And Resun with him Rideþ Rappynge Swiþe.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)785 : He romede, he rarede, that roggede all þe erthe, So ruydly he rappyd..to ryot hym seluen.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)2218 : The Gryffons awaye faste rapped [vr. fro hym raykede].
- a1475 As Reson Rywlyde (Hrl 3954)45 : Þe sonne lost his lith, þe clowdes gan clappe, The elementes gonne to rusche & rappe And smet downe chirches & templis.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)369/388 : I am so ferd I wold feyn fle..I renne, I rappe, so wo is me.
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)103/32 : Sothly, whos applis now wrappen [read: rappen] and rynneth, now theder and theder..that shewith the badnesse that he ymagyneth.
b
- a1450 Dux Moraud (BodPoet f.2)44 : Rap þe faste in þi way And cum hom sone ageyne.
- a1450 Dux Moraud (BodPoet f.2)83 : Rap we vs to wendyn in honde To þi chambyr.
- a1500(?a1400) Morte Arth.(2) (Hrl 2252)3613 : Ye shall A-byde Vnto fyftene dayes..loke ye Rappe yow not vp to Ryde.