Middle English Dictionary Entry
trōphe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | trōphe n. |
| Etymology | L tropaeum, trophaeum, AL tropheum. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
An overwhelming victory, a complete rout of the enemy.
Associated quotations
- ?a1450(1422) Lydg.SD (McC 182)54/22 : Þe deference atwene Tryumphus and Tropheum: Triumphe is a full and a plener ouer comynge of Enemyes bi bataile, and Trophe is whan a man put his fomen for drede vnto flyȝte withowte stroke of swerde.
- a1500 Add.Hymnal (Add 34193)452/61 : O goddes sone, evyn and peregalle Vnto the fadyr in hys deytee, In mannes wed by trophe trivmphall, We the besechen..Support well wyth þat owr infirmite.