Middle English Dictionary Entry
strīpe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | strīpe n. |
| Etymology | MDu., MLG. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A band or stripe on a garment; also, a narrow piece of fabric.
Associated quotations
- (1466) Rec.St.Stephen in Archaeol.5038 : Item, j olde yollowe cope wt grene strypis for sondayes.
- (1459) Invent.Fastolf(2) in Archaeol.21256 : Item, j pece of rede Satayne..Item, ij Strypes of the same.
- (1459) Invent.Fastolf(2) in Archaeol.21256 : Item, j pece of Blak Kersey with rosys..Item, ij stripis of the same sute.
2.
(a) A weal; also, a scar or mark of a wound; (b) a blow; (c) a rod used for flogging.
Associated quotations
a
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.4528 : A strype [L cicatricem] þer was endelonge hir face.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)480 : Strype, or schorynge [Win: Strypynge or scorgynge] wythe a baleys: Vibex.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)514 : Wale, or strype after scornynge [read: scorynge].
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)791/23 : Vibex: a strype.
b
- a1400 Wenest þu (Lin-C 132)17 : Þe raþur we wold ȝyuen hym stripes al un-colde.
- a1500 GLitany (Dc 42)129 : By þe buffettis and strypes, haue mercy on vs.
- a1500 I shall you tell a full (BodPoet e.1)p.92 : A strype ore ij God myght send me, If my husbond myght her se me.
c
- a1500 Add.37075 Gloss (Add 37075)68/305a : Verber: a long rod or a strype.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. stripe.