Middle English Dictionary Entry
stupre n.
Entry Info
| Forms | stupre n. |
| Etymology | L stuprum & OF stupre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Rape, violation.
Associated quotations
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Gen.34.13 : Þe sonnes of Iacob answerden to Sychym..in tretchory, waxyng cruel for þe stupre [WB(2): defoulyng of maidenhod; L stuprum] of þe syster.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Gen.34.27 : Takyng Dyne here syster from þe house of Sychym..þey destruyden þe cyte into vengaunce of þe stupre.