Middle English Dictionary Entry
sō̆pe n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | sō̆pe n.(1) Also sop(pe. |
| Etymology | OE sopa |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. soupe n.(2).
1.
A mouthful or small amount of drink; du ~ [see du-sop n.]; biten ~, to drink a small amount.
Associated quotations
- ?a1300 11 Pains(1) (Dgb 86)404/167 : A þousent soulen þer beþ bi ffoul sore of-þurst and foul houngri; Ne moten hi biten [vr. biden] hone sope, Ne habben hy so muchel hope.
- a1325 SLeg.Bridget(2) (Corp-C 145)254 : Meseles come to hure a day aþurst and acale, Bede hure som drynke for Godes loue; heo nadde a sope [SLeg.Bridget(1): spone-ful] ale.
- a1400 Recipe MS Hal.in Rel.Ant.1 (Hal 335)51 : Tak the rote of borage and..stamp hit and temper hit with a lytill ale and do tharto saffronne, and gif hym iij sopes thre dayes at morn and even.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)108 : Þyse ilk renkez..Schul never sitte in my sale my soper to fele, Ne suppe on sope of my seue, þaȝ þay swelt schulde.
- c1410(c1350) Gamelyn (Hrl 7334)318 : I lefte..In my broþer seller fyue tonne of wyn; I wil not þat þis compaignye parten atwynne..while eny sope is þrynne.
- c1410 Chaucer CT.Prol.(Hrl 7334)A.334 : Of his complexioun he was sangwyn; wel loued he in þe morn a sop [vr. cup] of wyn, To lyue in delite was al his wone.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)3065 : Haly watir on hir he schede, Into hir mouth he hellid a sope.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)3301 : May I drynk a sope Of þat þat dranke þe bischope?
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)3497 : My mastir must hym bynde..To drynke al the salt watir within the se stronde, Without drynkyng any sope of þe fressh watir.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1058/14 : The kynge prayde hym..to take a soppe of wyne; And than he putte of hys helmette to drynke.
- c1475(c1450) Idley Instr.(Cmb Ee.4.37)2.B.2249 : Diues of his drynke list not departe oon soope.
- c1475 Court Sap.(Trin-C R.3.21)1181 : O ye solempne floodes and souuerayne Of Asia, Affryka, and Europe! Among yow all ys nat a goodly sope Lyke to thys ryuer in comperysoun.
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)69/10 : Sope þre sopis of eysel.