Middle English Dictionary Entry
rop n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | rop n.(1) Also roppe; pl. roppes, ropes, rappes. |
| Etymology | OE ropp |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
An intestine; usu. pl. entrails, guts, bowels; the smal roppes, the small intestines.
Associated quotations
- a1333 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Add 46919)159 : Roppes [glossing AF (Cmb): bovele].
- a1333 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Add 46919)540 : Roppe [glossing AF (Cmb): Bouwele].
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)62/32 : Þe lyeȝere..is ase þe gamelos þet leueþ by þe eyr and naȝt ne heþ ine his roppes bote wynd.
- c1450(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy [OD col.] (Glo 19)No.1, Bk.1, ch.3, fol.3 : Ileon: the smale roppys, the lewed folk callen the guttys.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)218b/b : Cassia fistula..doþ awey þe swellyng of þe roppis and guttes [L viscerum et intestinorum] if it is y-dronke.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)225b/a : He þat etiþ beenes contynually haþ ache and gnawynge in guttes and in roppis [L intestinorum].
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)270 : He glydes in by þe giles þurȝ glaymande glette, Relande in by a rop, a rode þat hym þoȝt.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)115 : To holde wynde..Wil..make men to greuen on her roppys, whan thei han filled her mawes and her croppys.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)567 : Girdiþ out þe guttes with grounden speres; Rappis [vrr. Roppes, Ropis] rispen forþ, þat redles an hundred Scholde be busy to burie.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)39 : Hagws of a schepe: Take þe Roppis with þe talour & parboyle hem.
- a1475 Russell Bk.Nurt.(Hrl 4011)512 : Cookes..Many new curies..ar contryvynge..Ielies, Friturs, fried mete þat stoppes and distemperethe alle þe body, bothe bak, bely, & roppes.
- a1500(?c1440) Lydg.HGS (Lnsd 699)383 : Of the Sheep is cast a-way no thyng..For harp strynges his roppis serue echon.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500(1439) Lydg.Sts.AA (Lnsd 699)2223 : The Emperour…compellid…At the navil his bowelis to be take, And his roppis cerchid rond aboute, Lyk a long rope teyd vnto a stake, And of his liff an ende for to make.
Note: Additional quote(s)
Note: vr. guttis
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. rope 2.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. small ropes (pl.).