Middle English Dictionary Entry
sẹ̄re-lẹ̄pes adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | sẹ̄re-lẹ̄pes adj. Also serlipes, surlipis, -lepus, suirelepes, -lepus, (?error) surlepees. |
| Etymology | From sẹ̄r(e-lẹ̄pes adv. (cp. esp. quot.: PPl.B); the form surlepees may belong to sẹ̄r(e-lẹ̄pī adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Separate, distinct; (b) various, diverse.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)994 : Vch tabelment watz a serlypez ston.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)19.193 : Siþthen thei ben surlepees [vrr. suyrelepes, suyrelepus, surlepis, surlepus; sondrilipes; seperable]..thei han sondry names.
b
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)4893 : He fyndis A palais..with..seuenty wyndows..of serelepis werkes.