Middle English Dictionary Entry
shippen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | shippen v. Also ship(pe, shipen, sheppe; p. shipped(e, etc. & sheped(e & (error) sohipped; pl. shipped(en, etc. & shipte(n; ppl. i)shipped, ichipped, i)sheped, shepped. |
| Etymology | OE scipian, scypian; for forms in -e- cp. ME ship n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To board a ship, embark; (b) to travel by ship, sail; set sail; also in fig. context; (c) to put (sb., oneself, troops, munitions, etc.) aboard a ship, embark (sb.); load (cargo) onto a ship; (d) to transport (sb., oneself, merchandise) by ship.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330(?c1300) Bevis (Auch)216/4577 : Beues tok leue..And schipede at Hamtoun hastely.
- a1400(?a1350) Siege Troy(1) (Eg 2862)7/71 : With him to Troye fforth þey wende, And shipped [vr. schipeden] with gamen and play, And seiledden forþ nyȝt and day.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)447 : Schyppyn, or take schyppe: Navicapio.
- c1450(c1430) Brut-1430 (Glb E.8)437/14 : The Bastard of Clarence and Sir Iohn Kyzelei..shippiden at dyuerse portes in Kente and in Southesex and seilid ouyr into Normandie.
- ?1457 Hardyng Chron.A (Lnsd 204:Hammond)236/119 : Thare thay shipte and into Englond wan.
- (?1468) Doc.in Bentley Excerpta Hist.228 : She shippid at Margate, and there she toke leve of the kyng and departid.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)24/30 : Merlion..com to the see..and so hipped [read: schipped] and passed the see into Inglonde and londed at Dovir.
- c1475 Gregory's Chron.(Eg 1995)162 : The Erle of Saulysbury..schyppyd at Sondewyche, and he londyd in Normandy.
b
- c1300 Horn (LdMisc 108)1013 : Þe page was blyþe And schepede wel swyþe, Þe se hym gan to drenche.
- c1300 SLeg.Magd.(2) (LdMisc 108)179 : Huy weren in A schip i-pult with-outen ster and ore..Huy schypeden [Trin-C: schepeden] in þe salte se ase Iesu crist it wolde.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Deeds 20.13 : Sothli we, stiȝynge vp into a schip, schippiden [vr. schepiden] into Asson.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Apoc.18.17 : Ech gouernour, and alle that shippen in to place..stoden fer and crieden.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.145 : Þe Pictes out of Scitia schipped into occean and were i-dryue aboute wiþ þe wynde.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.99 : Þis ȝere Canute, i-schipped aboute [L circumnavigata] Est Engelond, robbed þe parties.
- c1390 NHom.Narrat.(Vrn)16.265/323 : Faste he drouh toward þe se, ffor schipen he wolde to oþur þede.
- a1400(c1300) NHom.(1) Gosp.(Phys-E)p.134 : Criste Schipped into the se..And his decipelis al wit him.
- a1425(?a1400) PCounsel.(Hrl 674)167/15 : For now arte þou in þe goostly see, to my licnes, schipping ouer fro bodelines into goostlines.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)171a/b : Aking..of contrarie qualiteez..is made bi itselfe, Of..twynnyng of continuite by accident..Neþerlez þis see is profounde, i. depe, in which it is nouȝt leful forto shippe or saile [Ch.(2): passe by schippe; L nauigare].
- c1440 PLAlex.(Thrn)14/7 : Alexander wan the Citee, and fra thethyn he Schippede in-till Italy.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)3269 : Boþe ostes atte hauene met & schiped ouer into ffraunce.
- c1450 De CMulieribus (Add 10304)1476 : Evander..Was put out of his lond..With his modyre and odyre peple, shyppynge From Penolopeus.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)80/1 : We reden þat Saynt Brandan, as he schyppyd in þe see, he sawe þys Iudas syttyng on a stone yn þe see.
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)p.105 : Gwames and also Malga..shipped home vnto there lande full right.
c
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)6052 : He shipped his folk in grete caynars..Drouȝ vp sailes and wenten forþ To Taracumcte.
- (1425) RParl.4.289b : Writes under the Kynges Greet Seel..requireth..directe to the Custumers..gevyng thaym in charge and comandement..to make deliverance to the saide Marchantz of thaire saide obligations of subsidee, or elles to souffre thaym sheppe as mechel Wolle or Wollefell..in manere as afore reherssed.
- (1425) RParl.4.304a : That all manere Merchantz Englissh that hadde shipped, shipten, or shuld shippe from yens forward any Wolle..and the said Wool..perisshed, taken uppon ye see be Enemys or lost be Jetteson..myghten have pleine restitution.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)387 : Thei are schepped now eche a wyght, The schip is ȝare & redi dight.
- (1437) RParl.4.503b : That hit be lefull to the Maire and Citezeins of ye Citee of Lincoln..to shipp or do shipp..lx sakkes of Wolle withoute any Subsidee.
- c1443 Exped.Hen.V (Hrl 565)218 : Hyse gret gonnys and engynes stronge, At London he schipped them alle in fere.
- (1447-8) Shillingford92 : The whiche corrupte wyn hath be carried to Topsham, and there y-shipped and so lad to Burdeaux.
- a1450(a1400) Titus & V.(Add 36523)2731 : Seynt Clement and dame Veroyn, Toward þe see þei gan goon Til þei were yshippede all.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)36.503 : Thanne Schepyd [F fist metre en barges et en nes] ypocras Al his good Anon.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)45.114 : Hyeth ȝow faste to the see, And there I-scheped that ȝe be; For Into Grete breteygne thou schalt go.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)9213 : To the Se they comen vnto, So that Schepyd they weren [F si entrerent en vne neif].
- c1450 Siege Troy(1) (ArmsAr 22)7/71 : Wen þay were y-chippyd with gam & gle, To war þe see gan þay tee.
- (1451) Pet.Hen.VI in Archaeol.Ael.n.s.3183 : William Boyde, John Birde..shipped severallie in the porte of the Newe Castell upon Tyne in a shippe..j quarter of wolle in a poke, [etc.].
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)196/2 : They shypped their horsis and harneyse..and so they shotte frome the bankes many grete caryckes.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)1783 : Antenor..Shippit hym full shortly, & his shene folke, Grippit vp a gret sayle, glidis on þe water.
d
- (a1443) *Pet.Chanc.PRO ser.CP 1 file 12no.54 : Youre saide poure suppliaunt hadde schippid certayn cloth & merchandise to Bayon.
- (1449) RParl.5.150a : Every persoune..as doth shippe or carie, or make to be shipped or caried, any Wolles, Wolfell, or Tynne, oute of this Reaume of Englond, Irland, or Wales, [etc.].
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)56.114 : Thike same Nyht..that In to the See I-scheped they were [F il se furent mis en mer], Celydoigne On the sterres gan to beholde.
- a1450-a1500(1436) Libel EP (Warner)59 : Wheche Spaynes marchandy Is into Flaundres shypped full craftylye.
- (?1468) Doc.in Bentley Excerpta Hist.228 : She was shippid in the new Elyn of London..and on the morrowe landed att Scluce in Flaundrez.
- a1500(?a1400) Torrent (Chet 8009)1318 : They went to sir Torent full sone And shipped that comly knyght.
- a1500 Travel Instruc.(CotApp 8)284 : Be neuere to bolde to shippe you in litell vessels in no costes of the hethene.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1425 Mirror LM&W (Hrl 45)110/10 : A shipman is euere redy at nede to renne & skippe [vrr. schippe, gouerne] wiþoute reste in gouernyng of þe ship.
Note: This quot. was under skippen v., but it is probably intended as shippen v., sense (b). Perhaps add to gloss: ?also, work busily on ship; ?error for skippen v., sense 2.(a).--per REL