Middle English Dictionary Entry
scọ̄pe n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | scọ̄pe n.(2) Also skop, scoppe, (N) schop, skoup, scupe; pl. scopes, etc. & skoppes, scoupes, schoupes. |
| Etymology | From OF escope, escoppe, ONF escoupe a kind of shovel or scoop or MDu. schoepe, schope, scoep, scuep, MLG schōpe scoop, shovel & MDu. schoppe, scoppe, schuppe shovel; also cp. AL scopa, skopa scoop or shovel. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. skeppe n.
1.
(a) An implement for drawing or taking up liquids, prob. usu. provided with a handle; a scoop; also fig.; (b) a scoop for use on a boat, usu. for bailing water; (c) a scoop used in the brewing process; (d) a vessel or container for holy water; -- ?error for stoppe n.; holi water ~.
Associated quotations
a
- [ (1295) Acc.Shipbuilding in Ant.J.7430 : Canabi, scopis, gatis, discis. ]
- [ (1295) Doc.in HMC Rep.9 App.1258a : In xxii doliis vacuis, viii scopis, duobus cacabis, cyphis..pro eadem Galya. ]
- [ (1296) Newcastle Galley in Archaeol.Ael.4.2185 : In iiijor skopis..iiij xx discis, xl Salsariis. ]
- (1324-5) in Gras Eng.Cust.Syst.388 : Idem Henricus pro c et di. de scopes.
- (1349) *Acc.Exch.K.R.471/3.m.3 [OD col.] : Agnete Disschere..pro ij schoupes emptis pro aqua portanda.
- (1350-51) Acc.Ironworks in Archaeol.64159 : Item, in j scope empto j d. qa.
- (1356) *Pipe Roll (PRO) 32 Edw.III m.33/2 dorso [OD col.] : Computat in..xxj scopis, x tribulis, viij sketefattes.
- (?1362) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100566 : In emendacione unius scope pro aqua evacuanda in quarera, 2 d.
- (1387-8) Rec.Norwich 249 : [For a] skoop [l l/2 d.].
- (1394-5) Cart.Whitby in Sur.Soc.72605 : Pro i skowp Willelmo Plomar, vi d.
- (1400) Comp.R.in Frost Hullapp.10 : Pro iiij dus' scop'.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)450 : Scope, instrument: Vatila, alveolus.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)8168 : 'Do scope þis water & turn þe borne; Sykes do ȝe graue..Þe water þer-inne men schal scoupe.' Þe kyng dide come folk ynowe Þat þe water wiþ scopes vp drowe.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)65/3-4 : I told ȝow of a welle..& how full it is of corrupte watyr..þerfore ȝow nedyth in gostly labour to scopyn out þis corrupte watyr of curs wyth þe scoope of penauns. A scope is deep & hool to resceyue watyr.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)65/20 : Þi scope of penauns muste haue an handyll for to holde wyth þi scope in þin handys..þe handyll is satisfaccyoun.
- (?c1450) Rec.Norwich 2235 : c de skopes, j d.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)108b : A Scope: Capis, Capudula [Monson: capidula], Capicium [Monson: cepicium], genita [Monson: ganata].
b
- [ (1296) Newcastle Galley in Archaeol.Ael.4.2177 : In duabus Skopis emptis ad proiciendam aquam de Galea de Henrico Sparu, vj d. ob. ]
- (1336-7) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 3142 : In ij scutfattes et ij scopes, xiiij d.
- (1373) Doc.in Riley Mem.Lond.369 : [5 dozen] aguls [for the barge..2 dozen shovels, one dozen] skopes.
- (1391) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.5286/30 : Pro..ij boketes, iij lepes, et corda pro eisdem, j scope et ij gymlottes, xiij s..pro nauibus.
- 1409(1338) Doc.in Nicolas Navy 2475 : [A Ship..with]..un scope.
- (1420) *For.Acc.(PRO) 3 Hen.VI F/2 dorso [OD col.] : j magnus Remus..ij scoupes, j novum bonettum.
c
- (1394) Invent.Monk-Wear.in Sur.Soc.29182 : In bracino..ij wortdisschis, ij bollis, j scupe, j tunmele.
- (1446) Invent.Lytham in Chet.n.s.6079 : j croke for cleryng of worth, ij sayes, j scoope.
d
- (1361) Will Court Hust.(Gldh)2.27 : [Also, to the said church he leaves a] scoppe [of latten].
- (1449) Will in Nicolas Testamenta266 : To the whych said chirch Y bequeth a gret holy-water scoppe [J.Nichols: stoppe] of silver.
2.
(a) ?A basket for bringing coal up out of a mine; (b) a measure of coal or flour.
Associated quotations
a
- (1350) Doc.Hatfield in Sur.Soc.32219 : Item, in j minera carbonum maritimorum..cum cordis, scopes, et wyndas emptis..pro eodem opere 5 s. 6 d.
- (1443) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.103713 : Item, alloc. eidem pro operariis laborantibus in aqueductu et le dright cum thirlyng unius shafte..Item, alloc. eidem pro cervisia empt. pro operariis, una cum scopez et pykkez, ac 2 cordis emptis pro dicto opere, 47 s. 10 d.
b
- c1400 Boldon Bk.(DurDCM Reg.Primum)15 : Schopp' [Dur-Ex: Molendinum reddit xx sckeppas frumenti].
- (1447) Doc.Durham in Sur.Soc.9p.cccxiii : Thys indenture..witnesse that the said Priour has graunted..a colepit..therein to wirke & wyn cole evere day overable with thre pikkes, & ilk pike to wyn every day overable lx scopes.
- (1456) Doc.in HMC Rep.5 App.492a : To Toty for a dorrey, 4 d.; For a lytill turbut bought off a mershman, 3 d.; For iii skoppys flowre and di., 11 d.
3.
In surname.
Associated quotations
- (1332) Sub.R.Lan.in LCRS 31.294 : Willelmus Scopemun.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)13b/a : Cepicium: a scope.
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