Middle English Dictionary Entry
stǒupe n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | stǒupe n.(1) Also stope; pl. stoupe(s, stopes. |
| Etymology | ON: cp. OI staup, OSwed. stoöp; also cp. MLG stōp(e, MDu. stoop & ML stoupus, stopa, vars. of staupus. Some quots. may belong to ME stop(pe n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A jug, often made of leather; also, a measure for liquids, varying from one pint to several gallons; (b) a vessel or container for holy water; holi water ~.
Associated quotations
a
- (1397) Doc.Finchale in Sur.Soc.6p.cxvii : Item, viij tankerds de ligno; Item, iiij stowpes de coreo.
- (1411) Doc.Finchale in Sur.Soc.6p.clvi : Item, vj tankards et j stope de corio.
- (1415-16) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99268 : In uno stillatorio..amphora..stopis et flakettes, 15 d.
- (1427-8) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99142 : In iij ollis nuncupatis Stopez [alt. to: correis] emptis pro aula Hospitali, 3 s. 6 d.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)128/17 : Take an handfull of centory..wormewode..hertistonge..gyngiuer..an make powdyr of all þese to-gedir; and take ii stoupe of small whyt wyn and putte all þe powdir þer-inne and boyle it in-to þe halfundell.
- (1452) Paston2.79 : If it plese yow to comme to Calais with þe King, ye shul haue a stope of bere to comforte you aftere your trauaille of þe see.
- (1452-3) Will York in Sur.Soc.45138 : ix barelles, ij hoggesheudes pro servisia, iij s.; et j stope pro aqua, j d.
- (1453-4) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99149 : ij stopez de corrio nova pro cerevisia imponenda.
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)728/28 : Cupa: a stope.
b
- (1420-21) in Gras Eng.Cust.Syst.474 : De Philippo Albert pro..iii lavacris, ii stopes pro aqua benedicta, ii candelabris de latone..pr. ix.
- (1423) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.165 : [One] halywaterstope, [one] sprinkyll.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)768 : He ladde hire forth..To the haly water stope..and dide hire drynken þer-offen..a gret drawht jn the name of the trenite, and holy water caste vppon hire there.