Middle English Dictionary Entry
trip(pe n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | trip(pe n.(2) Also tripe. |
| Etymology | AF trippe, tripe flock. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A herd or flock of sheep, goats, etc.; ~ herde, a shepherd or goatherd; (b) a troop of soldiers, a host.
Associated quotations
a
- (1305) Bolton Compotus in Whitaker Hist.Craven (1805) [OD col.]330 : In pane pro Triphyrdes.
- (1305) Bolton Compotus in Whitaker Hist.Craven (1805) [OD col.]338 : Pro Tripherds.
- c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)771 : Vn tripe de berbis: A trip of schepe.
- c1400 Femina (Trin-C B.14.40)2 : A nye of fesauntes, a coueye of perdryȝ, A dame of larkes, a trippe of shep.
- a1425 PPl.C (Cmb Ff 5.35)10.262 : Tripe longeth [Hnt HM 137: The tarre is vntydy þat to þyne sheep by-longeþ].
- c1440(?a1400) Perceval (Thrn)186 : Oþer gudez wolde scho nonne nayte, Bot with hir tuke a tryppe of gayte.
- a1450 Terms Assoc.(1) (Rwl D.328)603 : A trypp of hares.
- a1475 Terms Assoc.(1) (Brog 2.1)60 : A trype of harrys.
- a1500 Terms Assoc.(3) (Lamb 306)233 : A tryppe of gete.
b
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.203 : Me þouht kyng Philip inouh was disconfite Whan he & alle his trip [F hoste] for nouht fled so tite.