Middle English Dictionary Entry
sop(pe n.(1)
Entry Info
Forms | sop(pe n.(1) Also sope, (K) zop & (?error) soep; pl. soppes, -us. |
Etymology | OE sopp & OF sope, soppe. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. soupe n.(1).
1.
(a) A piece of bread dipped or soaked in wine, water, milk, or some other liquid; pl. sops; also, cook. a dish containing pieces of toasted bread on which a broth or syrup is poured; soppes dorre(s), [see dorre adj. and n., sense 1.(b)]; ~ in win; ale (milk, water, win) ~; oile soppes; (b) taken (eten) a ~, to have a light meal; (c) from (for) ~ to ~, in bits and pieces, piecemeal; (d) fig. someone or something of little value; milk ~; (e) in phrase: ~ in win, cloth of red color; a piece of such cloth; campus ~ in win, a red background.
Associated quotations
a
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)107/5 : He ys alsuo ydept and al-suo dronke of þe preciouse blode þet Iesu crist ssedde uor him: ase is a zop of hot bryead huanne me hit poteþ in-to wyn.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.334 : Of his complexioun he was sangwyn; Wel loued he by the morwe a sop in wyn, To lyuen in delyt was euere his wone.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)15.175 : If he soupeth, ette but a soppe of spera-in-deo.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)46 : An hounde þat is norshed of grece and fat brothe whan he hath cast his hokes, but if he haue alwaies soppes or bandes, he is a chis hounde and of euel warde, and also þei ben not so wel breched as þei that eten alway brede and watir.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)John 13.26 : Jhesus answerde, 'He it is, to whom Y schal areche a sop of breed [WB(1): breed dipped yn; L intinctum panem].'
- a1425(a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)115.79/1 : Fenkel in soppes [vr. Soppes in fenkel]: Take blades of fenkel, shrede hem not to smale. Do hem to seeþ in water and oile..Take brede ytosted and lay the sewe onoward.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)45b/a : Offa [Pep: Offa dicitur panis liquefactus]: a soppe [Cnt: wynesoppe].
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)70a : Take þe levis of that erbe wiþ wyne and water and make þere in soppis of brede and ete þe soppis and þou shalt haue gode appetide to þi mete.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)30/21 : Tak þe a hate lafe as it commes owt of þe owun; Mak soppes of þe crommes in gude rede wyne & ette wele þer-of & it sall do þe gude.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)11 : Lyode Soppes: Take Mylke an boyle it, and þanne take ȝolkys of eyroun..þenne caste þer-to Salt & Sugre, an kytte fayre paynemaynnys in round soppys, an caste þe soppys þer-on, an serue it forth for a potage.
- c1475 Awntyrs Arth.(Tay 9)p.18 : Thre soppus of demayn Wos broȝte to Sir Gauan.
- c1450 Bk.GGrace (Eg 2006)249/21 : Owre lorde gaffe to eche of þame a lytelle quantyte of brede whiche was dyuydede into fyfe soppys.
- c1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(2) (Hrl 4016)90 : Soppes Dorre: Take rawe Almondes And grynde hem in A morter, And temper hem with wyn..then take a paynmain And kut him and tost him And wete him in wyne And ley hem in a dissh and caste the siryppe thereon..serue it forth fore a good potage.
- c1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(2) (Hrl 4016)96 : Oyle soppes..take a pynte of goode oyle that is fraied and cast the oynons there-to..þen put brede, in maner of brewes, and cast the licour there-on.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)956/26 : Anone he was sette to supper with fleyssh..But..he bethought hym on hys penaunce and bade a squyre to brynge hym watir..and he made soppis therein and ete them.
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.53 : Melle white brede in dysshes aboute, Powre in wellyd mylke..Þat called is mylke soppys in serves For Satyrday at nyȝt.
- a1475 Russell Bk.Nurt.(Hrl 4011)509 : Cookes with þeire newe conceytes..Many new curies alle day þey ar contryvynge & Fyndynge..Some with Sireppis, Sawces, Sewes, and soppes.
- a1485 *Hrl.1735 Cook.Recipes (Hrl 1735)124 (f.22r) : Soppes Dorre: Tak minced onyowns & oyle de oyle [?read: oyle de olive] & sethz hem togidre; sithen tak wyn or ale & boille it þerwith; þan tak tosted bred & poure þe sewe þeron, & melk of almondys aboue.
- a1500 Add.37075 Gloss (Add 37075)99/335b : Offo: to make soppis.
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)742/5-7 : Vipa: a wynsope; ipa: a watyrsope; offa: a alesope.
- c1500 Stations Jerus.(Ashm 61)779 : After we toke a soppe in wyne.
b
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.3807 : Into his bath he wente anon..He tok a sopp, and oute he cam.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1135 : Þe leue lorde..Ete a sop hastyly, when he hade herde masse.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)7932-3 : Than thei ȝede and toke a sop; Thei ete a sop and afftir dranke.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1890 : Sir Cador..Tase a sope in the toure and taryez no langere, Bot tournes tytte to þe kynge.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)7547 : He wolde..ete a sop, & drynke.
- a1450 Ben.Rule(2) (Vsp A.25)1508 : Who so þus salbe seruand May tak a sop [L singulos biberes et panem] wele be-for-hand, So þat þer penance bi not gret Forto bide til þe latter mete.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)39 : 'If þat ȝe woll voche-safe to take a soppe with me, it shal be no dishonoure to you'..So þey sette yn a faire grene place, and..hadde þere..a goode dyner.
c
- a1500 *Medulla (Hrl 2257)113a/b : Offatim: fro [Pep: for] soppe to soppe.
d
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3100 : Allas..that euere I was shape To wedden a milksop or a coward ape.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)13.124 : For one pieres þe ploughman hath inpugned vs alle, And sette alle sciences at a soppe [vr. soep] saue loue one.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)16728 : He..toke him thanne In suche a swyng That he bar him tayl ouer top, That he lay ther as a sop.
- c1450(?a1400) Parl.3 Ages (Add 31042)438 : A soppe [vr. sope] for the Sathanas, vnsele haue theire bones.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)115/469 : Hayll, lytyll mylk sop!
e
- (1349) Wardrobe Acc.Edw.III(1) in Archaeol.31103 : vij vlne j quarter camp' sopeyvyn, ij vlne j quarter camp' appelblome, iij vlne camp' blu, [etc.].
- (1414) Close R.Hen.V165 : [Suffer..27 ells of cloth called] sop in wyne [in two pieces..to be shipped].
- (1414) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.3 : [1 l/2 of] frostymede [and one of] soppys in Wyn [at £7 the cloth].