Middle English Dictionary Entry
sippen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | sippen v. Also sippe, sippi, scippe, cippen. |
| Etymology | Perh. from OE sypian, sipian if first vowel is short; ?= modification of ME suppe , var. of sǒupen v.(1). Cp. LG sippen. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To drink in small mouthfuls, taste, sip.
Associated quotations
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.176 : Thanne maystow chese whether thow wolt sippe [vr. scippe] Of thilke tonne that I shal abroche; Be war of it er thow to neigh approche.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)78 : Cyppyn, or drynkyn lytylle: Bibito, subbibo.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)456 : Syppyn, nowȝt fully drynke: Potisso, subbibo.
- ?a1500 Trin-C.LEDict.Suppl.(Trin-C O.5.4)604/27 : Potisso: to syppy.