Middle English Dictionary Entry
sǒupet n.
Entry Info
| Forms | sǒupet n. Pl. sọ̄petes, sūpettes. |
| Etymology | Prob. fromsǒupe n.(1); form in -ọ̄- may be -ō-, from sop(pe n.(1). Cp. OF sopelete, soupelete & F (16th cent.) souppette. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A small amount of meal boiled to make a soup or porridge.
Associated quotations
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)2 Kings l3.8 : Thamar..takynge mele mengde to gidere & meltynge in his eȝyn, sche seþede þe soopetis [vr. supettis; WB(2): soupyngis; vr. soupinge metis; L sorbitiunculas], & takynge þat sche hadde soden, sche helde out & sette beforn hym, & he wolde not ete.