Middle English Dictionary Entry
rapt(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | rapt(e n. |
| Etymology | OF rat, rapt & L raptus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Rapture, transport; (b) abduction, rape.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)177/26 : Naþelees in sich rapt, þe myȝtis of þe soule and þe affeccyoun of þe soule oonyd in me passen out fro þe body, for þe mynde of þe soule is not ful but wiþ me.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)437 : Þer may be purist contemplatijf lijf in þis world bi rapte.
b
- (1449) Metham AC (Gar 141)1562 : More joy sche had Than Orphe..More glad than Parys off the rapt off qwene Eleyn.