Middle English Dictionary Entry
rī̆pe n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | rī̆pe n.(1) Also rip(pe & rēp(e. |
| Etymology | OE rīp & ripa (Merc. reopa) & rī̆pe (Nhb. sg.dat. hrippe). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. rēpen v.(1)
1.
(a) The action of reaping or harvesting; also, harvest time; barli ~; dai (time) of ~; (b) that which is reaped, harvest, fruit; a sheaf of grain; also, ?a bundle or lot of metalware [quot.: 1420-21]; (c) ~ gos, a free meal provided for those performing a boon service of reaping; ~ hok, a sickle, scythe; ~ man [OE rīp-mann, cp. Nhb. pl. hrīpemenn], a reaper, harvester; ~ reve, q.v.; ~ silver, a rent paid in lieu of a reaping service; ~ time [OE rīp-tīma], harvest time; bed ~, q.v.; reve ~, [see reve n.2.(c)]; (d) ?as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Jer.8.20 : Ryp [WB(2): Heruest] passede, endid is somer; and wee ben not saf.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)2 Kings 21.9 : Þese seuene slayne togidere fellyn in þe daies of þe firste ryp [vr. rijp; WB(2): rep; vr. ripp; L messis].
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)2 Kings 23.13 : Þe þree þat weren princes..camen in tyme of ryp [WB(2): reep] to dauiþ.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Judith 2.17 : He cam doun in to þe feldis of damasch in þe daȝes of rep [WB(2): ripe corn; vr. corn, that is, in haruest].
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Judith 8.2 : Hir husbonde was manasses þat diede in þe daiys of barli rip [WB(2): heruest].
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.13 : I..auntre me in to þe rype [L messuram] þat is ful of trauaille and wakynge.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)John 4.35 : Se ȝe the feeldis, for now thei ben white to repe.
- c1450 *Bk.Marchalsi (Hrl 6398)2a : Geve þe feble otys in þe repe.
b
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)67/728 : Þis lif ȝe schulen leoten & nuten ȝe neauer hwenne, & reopen ripe of þet sed þet ȝe her seowen.
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Cmb Gg.1.1)326,327 : Un iavele [glossed:] a repe..Les iaveles [glossed:] repes.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Gen.8.22 : Seed & rypp, cold & heete, sumere & wynter, nyȝt & day schallen not resten.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Job 18.16 : Adoun be dried his rootis; eft forsoþe be to-troden his rip [WB(2): ripe corn].
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Jer.40.10 : Ȝee, forsoþe, gedereþ vyndage & rep & oile & leyþ vp in ȝoure vesselis.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)8.185 : Þou hast no leve to sette þyn hook in oþer men ripe [vr. ryppe; Higd.(2): corne; L messem].
- (1420-21) in Gras Eng.Cust.Syst.506 : De Johanne Salmer pro ii rep[es] batr[y], pr. £v x s.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Deut.24.19 : Whanne thou repist corn in the feeld..and leeuest a repe [WB(1): handful; L manipulum], thou schalt not turne aȝen to take it.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Judith 8.3 : He stood bisili ouer men byndynge togidere reepis [WB(1): sheues] in the feeld.
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)664/5 : Hic manipulus: repe.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)7.247 : Alfike is maad with barly..A party grene, and vppon repes bounde, And in a oone ybake.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)125.8 : Bot cumand thai sall cum with gladnes, berand thaire repis.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)16/235 : Now and he get more, the dwill me spede, As mych as oone reepe.
c
- (1267-8) Acc.Wellingborough in North.RS 89 : Exitus aucarii:..In expensis in curia et ad Repegos.
- (1293) Doc.Manor in MP 3450 : In ceruisia empta..ad eorum repegos 1 d. In carne empta ad idem.
- (1299) in Mun.Magd.Oxf.[OD col.]145 : Ripsulwer.
- (a1300) Cust.Rent in OSSLH 255 fn. : Et de Repselver ij d. ob..ripselwere.
- a1300(c1200) Chron.Brakelonda in Camd.1373 : Solebant homines de singulis domibus dare celerario unum denarium in principio Augusti, ad metendum segetes nostras, qui census dicebatur rep-selver..abbas vero attendens qualiter celerarius turpiter ibat per villam ad colligendum rep-selver.
- (1303) Acc.Chester in LCRS 5920 : [Rent, in Welsh called] Arienmedy, [in English] Repesilver [from the Prince's bond tenants, 11 s. 8 d.].
- (1337) Wick Rissington in BGAS 59 (Hrl Rolls E 27)217 : [Also in the expenses for] Ripgees.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Prov.26.1 : What maner snow in soomer & reyn in rep tyme [WB(2): heruest; L messe].
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.15 : I schal entre in to þe feeldes of oure forme fadres, and folwe þe rype men [Higd.(2): scherers; L metentes], ȝif ich may any wyse leese and gadre me som eres þat rype men schedeþ and skapeþ of here hondes.
- (1388) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)5.81 : [A sickle and a] ryphook [worth 12 d.].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)136a/b : Presence of cloudes is plesynge to ripe men and to oþir þat trauaileþ in strong hete of þe sonne.
- (a1400) Cust.Rent in OSSLH 255 fn. : Repselver.
- c1400(?c1280) SLeg.OTHist.(LdMisc 622)246 : Repmen forto bere mete sone he hym þider sent.
- ?a1425 Wycl.CGosp.Luke (Cmb Kk.2.9:Hudson)22/72 : Feldis ful of eeris desiren repmen..
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)7.18 : Oon daywerk of a goode ripman [vr. repman; L messoris] may gete v strik.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)383 : Money is paied to..an..ouerseer..vpon repe men..money is paied to a repe man for his dai labour in the haruest feeld.
- ?a1450 Macer (Stockh Med.10.91)138 : Þe smoke of persile dryveþ a-wey alle serpentis..and þer-fore it is þe manere to rypmen for to medle persile in here metes, for-þy þat suche venemous bestis shulde fle fro hem.
- (1463-4) Reg.Chanc.Oxf.in OHS 94129 : A repe hoke & Candelstyk, ii d.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)10420 : Thow semyst..A repman, for thyn vnkouth guyse, Or A mowhere wyth thy sythe.
d
- (1214) CRR(2) 7158 : Jordanus Repe.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Add.37075 Gloss (Add 37075)40/171a : Maniplus: or a repe of a sheffe.
Note: ?sense
Note: ?handful--per REL