Middle English Dictionary Entry
culpǒun n.
Entry Info
| Forms | culpǒun n. Also colpon. |
| Etymology | AF colpoun; cp. CF copon. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A piece cut off, a slice, a chunk; (b) a bunch; (c) a section, a segment.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2867 : He..leet anoon comaunde to hakke and hewe The okes olde and leyen hem on a rewe In colpons [vr. culpouns] wel arrayed for to brenne.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)642 : Al to peces þai hewed þaire sheldes; Þe culpons flegh out in þe feldes.
- ?c1425 Arun.Cook.Recipes (Arun 334)446 : Take eles and cut hom on culpons..do therto hole culpons of eles.
- c1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(2) (Hrl 4016)89 : Ballok broth. Take elys and fle hem and kutte hem in colpons.
- ?a1475 Noble Bk.Cook.(Hlk 674)86 : Serue the hole pik for a lord, and quarto of a pik for comons, and culpans.
- a1500 PParv.(KC 8)108 : Culpown [Phil: culpyn]: Culpum, scissura.
b
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.679 : This pardoner hadde heer as yelow as wex..But thynne it lay by colpons [vrr. culpons, culpones, culpounnys] oon and oon.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)90/242 : Take the rote of fenell..mede, puliall, mowntayn, of ech of thies a culpon, and sawge..turmentill, daysee, auence, of ech of thos ij culpons.
c
- (1434) Proc.Privy C.4.251 : A pusan of gold, called þe rich coler, conteynyng xvj culpons or peces.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. culpon.