Middle English Dictionary Entry
stū̆lp(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | stū̆lp(e n. Also stilp, (N) stoupe & (in place name) stul-; pl. stulp(e)s, stoulpes, stolpes, (N) stalpes & (in place names) stouples, stoples. |
| Etymology | ON: cp. OI stōlpi; cp. AL stulpa, stolpa. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. stapel n.
1.
(a) A stake, post; a boundary stake; a gatepost; one of two posts at the entrance of a bridge or stile, across which a chain can be drawn; (b) a prop, support post; also, one of the posts of a cradle; (c) in place names.
Associated quotations
a
- (1350) Doc.Hatfield in Sur.Soc.32253 : Nichil de ij acr..quia falcantur apud le stalpes vel postes.
- (1373) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.157 : [A] stulpe [was in the way of carters and ought to be removed].
- (1379) Mem.Bk.York in Sur.Soc.12034 : Item de les Stulpes in Petirgate usque portam de Bouthum et extra usque ad finem ville.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)4553 : Þe axe ful on a stilp of oke, þat bar vp ther a chayne.
- (1390-91) Leet R.Norwich in Seld.Soc.573 : Johannes Shuldham habet..ligna et stulpes..fixa in Regia Ripa..Johannes Longg..assuetus est iactare..vilia iuxta les stulpes et stakes.
- (1422) Let.Bk.Lond.K (Gldh LetBk K)3 : [The posts or] stulps [at the end of the Bridge].
- ?1435 Lond.Chron.Jul.(Jul B.2)77 : My seyde lorde off Wynchestre..fforbarrynge off the kyngis hyh way, lette drawe the cheyne at the Stoulpes ther.
- (1439) Acc.Bk.Carpenter Co.4 : Item, paide for ij Stulpes and ye settinge up, iiij d.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)481 : Stulpe, or stake: Paxillus.
- ?c1450 Brut-1447 (Trin-C O.9.1)462/24 : When the Kyng had riden thurgh Suthwerk and come to the stulpes without London Brigge, þere stode a gyaunt in a toure.
- (1452) in Willis & C.Cambridge 1139 : [The great gates are painted,] le stulps, [and the whole new piece of work is set up].
- (1461) Acc.St.Margaret Southwark in BMag.32642 : Paid..for the stulpis at the chirche style, xv d.
- (1463) Doc.York in Sur.Soc.35134 : For a newe stowpe to ye grate yates, 10 d.
- c1475 Gregory's Chron.(Eg 1995)159 : Þer come certayne men..and drewe the chaynys of the stulpys at the brygge ende.
b
- a1425(?a1350) 7 Sages(2) (Glb E.9)837 : Þe credil weltered on þe grownd..Þe foure stulpes [vr. stolpes; 7S(1): stapeles] held vp þe childe.
- a1425(?a1350) 7 Sages(2) (Glb E.9)854 : Þe credel with þe childe þai fand; Turned on þe stulpes þai saw it stand.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.1054 : Make hem hyuys..thre foot hie on stulpis must ther be A floor for hem.
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)2438 : These ar sette yfere Vnto the wal..And tre pilers vpsetting heer & there..vndir the wal thei myne, That, puld away the stulpis..Doun go the wal.
c
- (a1300) EPNSoc.19 (Cmb.)346 : Le Stulbruge.
- (1349) Will Court Hust.(Gldh)1.591 : [His tenement beyond London Bridge, near] les Stouples.
- (1372) Let.Bk.Lond.G (Gldh LetBk G)300 : [A..shop on the East side of] le Stoples [in Southwerk].
- (a1400) EPNSoc.19 (Cmb.)346 : Les Stulpys.
- (1451) EPNSoc.19 (Cmb.)346 : Stulpysweye.
- a1525(?1450) Cov.Leet Bk.252 : Ric. Barbur atte Gosford stulpes.