Middle English Dictionary Entry
raspen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | raspen v. Also rospen. |
| Etymology | OF rasper & MDu. raspen; ult. Gmc. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To scratch, score; scratch (sth.), scrape, scrape away; ~ togeder, scrape (sth.) together, collect; ~ and raken, scratch and scrape away (food supplies), diminish, deplete.
Associated quotations
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2132 : Al ðat ðise first vii [years of plenty] maken Sulen ðis oðere vii rospen & raken.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1545 : Þe honde til hit hade al graven, And rasped on þe roȝ woȝe runisch sauez.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1724 : Þe Fader of heven Hatz sende..Þe fyste wyth þe fyngeres þat flayed þi hert, Þat rasped renyschly þe woȝe wyth þe roȝ penne.
- a1450 Chauliac(4) (Cai 336/725)15/13 : Aftir him..come Thederik þat raspide togidere alle þingis þat brunus hadde seid wiþ certyn fablis of hugo de luca.