Middle English Dictionary Entry
rispen v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | rispen v.(2) |
| Etymology | ?Cp. MDu. rispen to belch. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Of entrails: to burst out.
Associated quotations
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)567 : Rappis rispen [vrr. breken, alto burste] forþ, þat redles an hundred Scholde be busy to burie þat on a bent lafte.