Middle English Dictionary Entry
scāpen v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | scāpen v.(2) Also scap(e; p.ppl. scape(n. |
| Etymology | Prob. ON: cp. OI skapa; cp. ME skap(e n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. shapen v.
1.
(a) To make (sth.), build; (b) to bring about (sth.), effect, contrive; (c) to ordain (to do sth.); ben scapen, be allotted; (d) in surname.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 WBible(1) (Dub 75)Heb.11.7 : Scapid [Dc 369(2): Noe..schapide an ark, or schip, into the helthe of his hows].
b
- c1430 Chaucer TC (Cmb Gg.4.27)3.196 : I schal ful wel scape ȝoure commynge.
c
- c1425 Chaucer CT.ML.(Petw 7)B.951 : Cristes modere..haþ scapen [Heng: shapen] þorgh her endelees goodnesse To make an ende of al her hevynesse.
- c1430 Chaucer TC (Cmb Gg.4.27)2.282 : To eueryche wight sum goodliche auenture Sumtyme is scape ȝif he it can receyue.
d
- (c1348) Nickname in LuSE 55156 : Joh. Scapac'ap.