Middle English Dictionary Entry
strǒup(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | strǒup(e n. |
| Etymology | From ON: cp. OI strjūpi, strūpi. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Anat. (a) The throat; the windpipe or gullet; the epiglottis; (b) the spleen.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.190 : He smote him in þe helm; bakward he bare his stroupe, þe body he did ouerwhelm; his hede touched þe croupe.
- a1425 Celestine (LdMisc 463)638 : Sleuthe of gode, þou foule pouke, þou shalt haue my lodly bouke, Boþe my weysaunt and my stroupe, Into þi throte.
- a1425 Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Wel 225)283/3746 : Trachearteria (þe trachearterie)..is..betwen þe wesand & þe strowp.
- a1425 Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Wel 225)284/3770,3771 : Epiglotus (þe epyglot, þe throt bell, þe strowp)..as trachiarterie lyes on þe wesand, ryght sa þe stroup lyes on þe trachiarterie.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)480 : Strowpe, of the throte: Epiglotus.
b
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)122b : A Strowpe: lien.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. stroup.