Middle English Dictionary Entry
carpīe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | carpīe n. Also carp(e, carpin(e. |
| Etymology | ML carpia |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Surg. Shredded linen, surgical lint.
Associated quotations
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)125/12 : Þei leien in þe wounde carp [L carpiam] eiþer lynet of a cloute.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)55b/a : Som [tentez] beþ made to mundifie wondez, & þai ar made of carpei [*Ch.(2): Carpyne; L carpia] of a softe cloþe, namely of an olde.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)173b/b : Þat þe woundes [be] wasshen with wyne..And after with carpie [*Ch.(2): carpyn; L carpia], & aboue stupes balneat in wyne.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)32/19 : I putte stupes kutte small, or coton, or carpe of lynnen cloþe.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)44/21 : Þan be put þerto licium, þat is carpe wette, in ane oyntment þus y-made.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. carpie.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)85/1, 6 : Thanne take karpy of lynnen cloth and dip it in the forseid water and ley it to the forseyde sores and wasch thanne al abouten and lat it drinke in..and euery day..ley new karpy, and dit it aȝen as thou dedist it before.
Note: Postdates word.
Note: New form: Also..karpi.
Note: ?Include in etymology: Skeat derives this word from OF (Tobler-Lommatzsch) charpie vr. carpie, indicating that karpi is Picardic dialect.
Note: The list of variant spellings in the form section is and needs revision to accord with standards of later volumes of the MED. Provisional revised form section: Also carpei, carp(e, karpi, carpin(e.--notes per MLL