Middle English Dictionary Entry
vaumpe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | vaumpe n. Also vampe, wamp(e; pl. vaumpes, etc. & wampas, (error) vampeð. |
| Etymology | AF vampe, pl. wampes; form in -eð perh. influenced by OF avantpied or avantpiet, vars. of avantpié (see ME vaum-pei n.). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Some sort of covering for the foot, prob. an understocking or perh. a slipper of some kind; also, the upper of a shoe or boot.
Associated quotations
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)214/13 : I sumer ȝe habbeð leaue bearuot gan…& lihte scheos werien, Hosen wið ute vampez [Nero: uaumpez; Cleo: uampeð] ligge in hwa se likeð.
- c1330 7 Sages(1) (Auch)32/710 : He set him doun…Als quik he dede his sschon of drawe And karf hise vaumpes, fot hot, And wente him forht al barfot.
- (1378-9) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.103587 : Pro…1 pare botarum et Wampas de Dubelsols, 4 s.
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)656/7 : Antepedale: wampe.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)508 : Vampe, of an hoose: Pedana.
- a1500 *Medulla (Hrl 1738)56b/a : Pedana: a vawmpe [Add: wamp]…Pedula: a vaumpe [Add: wampe].