Middle English Dictionary Entry
rispen v.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | rispen v.(1) |
| Etymology | ON: cp. OI rispa. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To rub (olives) together.
Associated quotations
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)12.570 : First with hondis hem [dried olives] to gidre rispe [L colligis]; So let hem take in sonne a welowynge.