Middle English Dictionary Entry
carpe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | carpe n. Also karp. |
| Etymology | OF & ML carpa (from Gmc.). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The carp (Cyprinus carpio); (b) a heraldic representation of this fish.
Associated quotations
a
- (1393) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.52217/21 : Clerico coquine..pro pikes et carpes, j duc.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)62 : Carpe, fysche: Carpus.
- (1462) Acc.Howard in RC 57561 : My master putt into the said ponde, in gret carpes, xxiiij..in smale carpes, lxij.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)15365 : Swettere than samoun outher karp, My tonge ys.
- a1475 Russell Bk.Nurt.(Hrl 4011)578 : Soolus, Carpe, Breme de mere, & trowt, þey must be takyn of as þey in þe dische lowt.
- a1475 Terms Assoc.(1) (Brog 2.1)61 : A carpe itronchnide; A trout igobenyd.
b
- c1460 I warne you (Dub 432)293 : The Fawcon and þe Fetherlok was þer that tyde..Þe Dolfyn cam fro Walys, iij Carpis be his syde.