Middle English Dictionary Entry
tramplen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | tramplen v. Also trampelin. |
| Etymology | Prob. MDu. or MLG: cp. MDu. tramperen, MHG trampeln, EFris. & LG trampeln. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To stamp (with one's foot or feet); tread; ppl. tramplid, well trodden.
Associated quotations
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Prov.6.13 : A man ful of strengþe vn-profitable goþ with peruertid mouþ, he twyncleþ with þe eȝen, he trampleþ [WB(2): trampith] with þe foot, with þe fynger he spekeþ.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)499 : Tramplyd: Tritus; Trampelyn: Tero.
- ?c1450 in Aungier Syon Mon.299 : The apostata goethe frownyng withe the mowthe, tramplethe and fydlethe withe the fete.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)1350 : So atte last, when Beryn a litill wakid were, He trampelid fast with his feet & al to-tare his ere And his visage both, ryȝt as a woodman.
- a1475 Russell Bk.Nurt.(Hrl 4011)299 : Be..ne bolkynge ne gronynge neuer þe more, with youre feet trampelynge, ne settynge youre leggis a shore.