Middle English Dictionary Entry
skep(pe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | skep(pe n. Also skepe, scep(pe, schep(pe, szepe & skip(pe, skipe, scippe; pl. skeppes, etc. & scappes & schep, skippe. |
| Etymology | ON: cp. OI skeppa & OE sceppe (from ON); cp. AL skeppa, scheppa, skippa, scippa & AF eskeppe, esc(h)eppe. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A basket for grain, malt, coal, alms, etc.; ~ of twig; ~ makere; bering ~; (b) a dry measure varying in size, a skepful; (c) ~ scales, ?basket-shaped balance pans; (d) in surnames.
Associated quotations
a
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Trin-C O.2.21)477 : A litel scheppe [vr. szepe; glossing AF (Cmb): corbailloun].
- c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)533 : Bolenge et corbelchon Bultyngcloth and skeppe.
- (1356) *Pipe Roll (PRO) 32 Edw.III m.33/2 dorso [OD col.] : ij magnis skeppes.
- (1375-6) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.103583 : In 2 skeps empt. et 1 hamper pro vasis Argent. d'ni Prioris trussandis, 22 d.
- (1390) in Rec.B.Nottingham 1244 : Unum skep cum ij dozeyn de dysshes arborum.
- (1397) Doc.Finchale in Sur.Soc.6p.cxviii : Item, j skepe pro elemosyna.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)4741 : Len vs sumquat o þi sede..Len vs sumquat wit þi scep.
- (1411) Doc.Finchale in Sur.Soc.6p.clvi : Item, j arca pro pane servando, ij scepps, j cultellus pro pane parando.
- (1419-20) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99228 : 1 skepp de virgis.
- (1432) *Acc.Grantchester : Item, In ij beryng skeppys for malt bowth, viij d.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)457 : Skeppe makere: Corbio.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)3.209 : Let make a skeppe of twygge a foote in brede.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)111.69 (v.2:p.181) : The glorious appostle Seynt Poule .. in Damasco .. was lete doun in a skeppe [L per sportam] by the citee walle.
- (1465) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99243 : Item, iiij scappes..ij kyttes..ij amphore.
- (1465) Paston1.325 : Item..a scyppe to bere malte.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)139/107 : I xal not spare for schep nor derth; now telle me ȝour lust of mete and drynk.
- ?a1475 PParv.(Win)283 : Mawnd, skype: Sportula.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)115a : A skepe: Canistrum, Cofinus.
b
- (1216) *Acc.Exch.K.R.505/5 [OD col.] : Item, Brasium pro dominicis De Penred, xviij schepp.
- (1389) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)5.150 : [She holds the manor..by..payment of 34 s. and 10] skeppes [of oats yearly].
- (1392) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)5.207 : [6] skyppe de wyldewar.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.22 : He seide he ouȝte an hundrid skippis of corn.
- (1432-3) Doc.Merchant York in Sur.Soc.12939 : Item, for a skep of charcole boght, xj d.
- (1470-71) Mem.Ripon in Sur.Soc.81216 : In ij skeppis carbonum vocatorum charcole.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)115a : A Skepe of Cale [Monson: coyle]: batulus.
c
- (1398) Will York in Sur.Soc.4245 : Constantinus..apothecarius..Lego..j holdepanne, spatures, j culatre, skipscales, [etc.].
d
- (1289) Chester R.in Chet.n.s.84128 : William Skeppe.
- (1310) Pat.R.Edw.II253 : Roger le Skepmakere.