Middle English Dictionary Entry
scōpen v.(1)
Entry Info
Forms | scōpen v.(1) Also scop(e, (N) schope & (?error) stop. |
Etymology | ON: cp. OI skopa in phr. skopa skeið to take a run, Norw. & Swed. dial. skopa to hop. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To leap, skip, bound.
Associated quotations
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)19080 : Louand vr lauerd þan he lep; þe propheci was þan fild sua þat said þe halt suld scope [Phys-E: scop] as ra.
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)23569 : Mani thinges mai we do, þat forto do war littel fro, Als forto schope [Phys-E: stop; Vsp: skip; Frf: lepe] and forto rin, Quen it war better for to blin.
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)323 : To Scope, vbi to rynne or lepe.