Middle English Dictionary Entry
corrupen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | corrupen v. |
| Etymology | A blend of corrumpen & corrupten. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To impair (sth.); distemper (a 'humor'); (b) to decay; (c) to contaminate.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1450 Lanfranc (Add 12056)42/35 : Lewyde men..corupyn [Ashm: corruptyn] þe lyme, & þilke corupcioun is cause of þe crampe.
- (1475) Stonor1.158 : I am strynger then ever I was, for all my coruppud blode hys gonne.
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)76 : To Corrupe: corrupere.
b
- a1475 Bk.Quint.(Sln 73)2/32 : What pece of fleisch..be putt þerinne, it schal not corrupe ne rote.
c
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)286 : All folke so fowll I fynd, coruppyd and soyllyd with syn.