Middle English Dictionary Entry
walop n.
Entry Info
| Forms | walop n. Also wallop. |
| Etymology | AF/ONF walop, var. of OF galop. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A gallop;—used only in adv. phrase: a ~, at a gallop;
(b) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1770 : William and þe mayde, þat were white beres…on here foure fet…þei went awai a wallop, as þei wod semed.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)47/20 : Gryfflet…rode a grete walop tylle he com to the fountain.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)114/28 : Pellynor…rode a walop tylle he had a syght of the two pavilons.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)209 : Merlin rode a grete walop oute of the bataile.
b
- (1207) Fine R.King John448 : Gerardus de Wallop.