Middle English Dictionary Entry
stampen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | stampen v. Also stamp(e, staumpe, stompe; pl. stampe(n, (errors) scampe, stame; p.pl. (error) staunped; ppl. i)stamped, stomped, (error) schampyd. |
| Etymology | Prob. OE: cp. OE pīl-stampe pestle & stempan to stamp, bray, OI stappa, and MDu., MLG stampen; also cp. OF estampir & estamper, stamper. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. stomperen v.
1.
(a) To pound or mash an ingredient; pound (sth.), beat; crush (sth.), mash; also fig. [last quot.]; -- also without obj. [quot.: ?a1500]; stamp (ingredients in a mortar), bray; ppl. stamped, pounded, beaten; broken up, crushed; (b) to thresh (chaff); (c) ppl. stamped, stamped with a design, imprinted.
Associated quotations
a
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)29/20 : Rihte ȝeleaue..is ȝelich ðe seneueies corne..Æure ðe mann ðe hit more bat and stampeþ, ðe hit strengere and betre is.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pard.(Manly-Rickert)C.538 : Thise cokes how they stampe [vrr. scampe, stame] and streyne and grynde And turnen substaunce in to accident.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)215a/b : Wormode y-stampid [L tritum] wiþ boles lyuere and doon in to eeren destroyeþ tynkelyng..þerInne.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)56/7 : Take malowe leues..& þe rote of holihocke; Seþe hem weel in water & staumpe hem.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)332 : Herbes he took in on herbere And stamped hem in a mortere.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)46a/a : Opilo: to staumpe wyþ a pestel.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)67b/b : Tundo: to stompe [Pep: to stampe, to bete; Hrl 1738: stampyn] or smyte.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)187b/a : Stampe þe rotis & þe erbis smalle.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)394/5 : Take..of olde swynes grece stomped in vynegre li. sem.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)394/8 : Afterward medle þe quyk siluer þerwith and stampe it in a morter and make þerof an oynement.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)47 : Brayyn, or stampyn in a mortere: Tero.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)130 : Draffe, or drosse, or mater stampyd [Win: Schampyd]: Pilumen.
- a1450 Dur-CRO.Bk.Hawking (Dur-CRO Roll D/X/76/7)22/10 : If scho haue þe ree, gif hir an hasege [read: heisugge]..or þe Dayse as it growth, and stamp it in a morter, and wring owte þe Juce.
- ?a1450 Macer (Stockh Med.10.91)96 : Sauerey stampyd..wole stanche brakyng and..stere lecherye.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)409 : Þis diuinour..Ȝede him furthe eftirsons herbis to seche, Reft him [read: þam] vp be þe rotis & radly þam stampis.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)119b/a : Putte þis poudre in a morter &..putte þerto oile..stampinge alwey wiþ a pestel.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)85/27 : Tak of Emlege..delilege of Inde..of kalengera, galengal..And all þys be put to-gedre and stampyd noght ouer small.
- a1500 Diseases Women(3) (Yale-M 47)53/452 : Take..of peper xj cornes and a lytull bawme, þo þat may be stomped; stompe þem to poudre but resolue galbanum in vynegre.
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)35/10 : Take sauge and stampe a lytel, and put þer-to so moche of salt.
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)127/114 : Thilke blisse..is nat necessary ne abydinge; and but it the better be stamped and the venomous jeuse out-wrongen, it is lykely to enpoysonen al tho that therof tasten.
b
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Is.25.10 : Moab schal be threischid vndur hym, as chaffis ben stampid [WB(1): ben to-treden; L teruntur] in a wayn.
c
- (1444) Will York in Sur.Soc.30102 : Item, lego eidem j peciam argenteam coopertam stamped cum rosis.
2.
(a) To stamp, tread heavily; also, fig. trample or destroy a city [1st quot.]; ~ on, tread upon (sb.), trample; (b) to force (wine out of grapes) by treading; (c) ?to shuffle; ?fig. dwell (on sth.) in examination.
Associated quotations
a
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Is.14.23 : Y schal sette that Babiloyne in to possessioun of an irchoun..and Y schal swepe it with a beesme, and I schal stampe [WB(1): treding; L terens].
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)8590 : Þe devels salle..ay on þam stamp with þair feth omang.
- a1450(?1409) Vision Staunton (Roy 17.B.43)67 : Y saw many grisly devellis stompyng and tredyng on here backis for to encrese here paynes.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)960 : I stampe and I styrte, and stynt upon stounde.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)19/8 : Þis reule men & wymmen ouerpassen..þat wiþ curious aray are streyt sett, as clooþ vpon þe teyntour, þat þei seme smal kuttid aboue þe knees, as þauȝ þei schulden wade & stampe in myres aftir eles.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)522 : Stedis stampen [vr. staunped] in þe felde.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)2154 : For I saugh rennynge every wight..And whan they were alle on an hepe, Tho behynde begunne up lepe..And troden fast on others heles, And stampen [vr. stampe] as men doon aftir eles.
- a1500 Add.37075 Gloss (Add 37075)98/332b : Pedico: to stampe.
b
- c1429 Mirror Salv.(Beeleigh)4134 : Wharefore of Cristis clothis..askid aungels..Whi thai ware rede als of men out of grapes stampyng the wyne.
c
- (1447) Shillingford12 : My lorde toke his cheire and the justises sate with hym, and bothe parties with theire consell kneled before; My lord asked how we last departed, and therapoun stomped a grete while.
3.
In surname.
Associated quotations
- (1275) Select Pleas Manor.in Seld.Soc.224 : Agnes Stampeluue.