Middle English Dictionary Entry
scọ̄pen v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | scọ̄pen v.(2) Also scop(e, scoupe. |
| Etymology | From scọ̄pe n.(2); also cp. AL scōpare to scoop; & cp. MDu. schoppen, scoppen, schuppen, MLG schüppen. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To draw out with a scoop; draw out (water), scoop out, bail out; ~ oute.
Associated quotations
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)155 : Þenne suppe bihoued Þe coge of þe clolde [read: colde] water..Mony ladde þer forth lep to laue and to kest Scopen out þe scaþel water, þat fayn scape wolde.
- c1400 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Hrl 490)513 : Scop, cast out [vrr. laden hout, lad up, lade; glossing AF (Cmb): espuchez].
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)8164-6 : 'Do scope þis water & turn þe borne; Sykes do ȝe graue & groupes, Þe water þer-inne men schal scoupe [F espuisier].' Þe kyng dide come folk ynowe, Þat þe water wiþ scopes vp drowe.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)2/10 : Vnder þis watyr in ȝoure pytt, whan þe watyr is scopyd out, is deep wose be-nethe, þat is, þe vij dedly synnes.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)65/3 : Ȝow nedyth in gostly labour to scopyn out þis corrupte watyr of curs wyth þe scoope of penauns.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)66/2 : Wherfore þe scope of þi penaunce, it muste be deep in sorwe..& ellys þou scopyst in veyn.