Middle English Dictionary Entry
carping ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | carping ger. Also (late) kerping. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Talking, speech, conversation; (b) foolish talk.
Associated quotations
a
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)3100 : Þan clipt þei & keste, & of þat karping left.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)prol.203 : Shal neuer þe cat..bi my conseille be greued, Ne carpyng of þis coler þat costed me neure.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)127 : I prai þe, tak to no grevance Þis kene karping of syr Kay.
- c1440(?a1400) Perceval (Thrn)1654 : No more carpynge þay made, Bot sone togedir þay rade.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)7609 : Þai..Comford hur kyndly with carpyng of mowthe.
- c1450 Capgr.St.Kath.(Arun 396)1.755 : Of curtesye and gentilnesse..Was þanne her carpynge.
- a1475(a1450) Tourn.Tott.(Hrl 5396)38 : Euer be he waryed þat about þys carpyng lenger wold be taryed.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)12/97 : Caym, leife this vayn carpyng.
b
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)62 : Carpynge:..garulacio.
- a1450-a1500(1436) Libel EP (Warner)996 : This manere carpynge have knyghtes ferre in age.
2.
(a) A speech, statement, message (spoken or written); also, a remark or a question; (b) an account, a narrative; mention, news; (c) a tale, poem, song.
Associated quotations
a
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)83/201 : Fro Carlylle Into Kent, my carpynge þei take.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)436/13 : He emang oder carpyngis askid hym of his astate.
- a1500 Wars Alex.(Dub 213)1023 : So þe sleght of hys sapience þai selcouthly prasen, And clene acordes to hys carpyng knyghtez & othre.
- a1500 Wars Alex.(Dub 213)2346 : Þai..red ouer þe pistell..& cried all at onys, Some in Commendyng of hys carpyng & som in dyspysyng.
b
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)4660 : Þe comli quen þat carping hade herde & saw þat was hire sone.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)25983 : Now leven we here of this karpyng, and let vs retorne to Arthewre the kyng.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)147/32 : I herde carpynge of a croyse of Moyses in his lawe.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)157/177 : Such a carpynge is vnknowe, on-rekenyd in my regne.
c
- a1350 Opon a somer (LdMisc 108)46 : Couþe I carpe carpyng creftly & clere, Of þat birde bastons in bale me bounde fful bowne.
- c1400 I herd an harping (BodDon c.13)5 : With an o & an I, his carpynge is ful hende, bot al his sang is of sorow fram bigynnyng to ende.
- a1450 I herde a carpyng (Sln 2593)p.42 : I herde a carpyng of a clerk..Of gode Robyn and Gandeleyn.
- a1500(?a1400) Torrent (Chet 8009)2662 : In Rome this Romans berith the crown Of all kerpyng of Renown.
- a1500(a1450) St.Robt.Knares.(Eg 3143)38,44 : Of harpyng som has lyst to here And som of carpyng of tales sere Of Arthure, Ector, and Achilles..Of slyke sall noght my carpyng be.
- a1500 Wars Alex.(Dub 213)1455 : And ȝe þat kepys of þis carpyng to here any ferrer, Sone sall I neuen þou þe note.
3.
(a) Manner of speaking; language; (b) ability to speak, power of speech; (c) talkativeness.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)17.338 : By clothynge ne by karpinge knowe shalt thou hym neuere.
- a1425(?a1350) Nicod.(1) (Glb E.9)99 : Þaire carping þare no thing þou knew..iherusalem langage es ebrew.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1672 : I knawe be thi carpynge a cowntere the semes.
- c1440 Gaytr.LFCatech.(Thrn)7/35 : Ane es ryghte sayeyng and carpyng of þe wordes [Yk-M: right saying and shap of the wordes; L forma verborum] þat hym awe for to say.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)104/910 : Koueytyse kryeth; hys karpynge I Kenne.
b
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1550 : Sone so þe kynge for his care carping myȝt wynne, He bede his burnes boȝ to.
c
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)62 : Carpynge: Loquacitas.