Middle English Dictionary Entry
trippen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | trippen v. Also trip(pe, tripen, (error) type; p. trippede, tripte, trepede, trepte. |
| Etymology | OF triper, tripper &treper. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To move lightly and nimbly on the feet, dance, caper; also fig.; also, of a horse: prance; ~ and dauncen; (b) to go or walk with a lively step; (c) to step (on someone's toe) while dancing; also, step on (sth.); (d) of grain being threshed: to fall haphazardly; (e) ppl. tripping as adj., of an elephant: bolting; —transl. of L trepidantes.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3328 : In twenty manere koude he trippe and daunce After the scole of Oxenforde tho And with his legges casten to and fro.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sq.(Manly-Rickert)F.312 : This hors anon bigan to trippe [vr. type] and daunce Whan that this knyght leyde hand vpon his reyne.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)5679 : They laugh and daunce, trippe and synge, And ley not vp for her lyuyng, But in the tauerne all dispendith The wynnyng that god hem sendith.
- (1440) Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)1775 : Hir bittir happes witȝ hire swete chaunce Turned here ioye so sodeynly þat thei Had no cause to trippe ne to daunce.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)115 : Thanne whan j heere..swich avauntinge blastes, myn herte hoppeth for ioye and lepeth and trippeth.
- c1450 Y wandryng (Lin-O Lat.129)39 : Olyffe with oryganum and orpyn trepte.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)11147 : Now I sprynge, now I carole; I tryppe, I crye, synge & daunce.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)484 : This Dagenet be-gan to trippe and daunce.
- a1500 O fresch floure (RwlPoet 36)48 : Treuly me semyth ye ar a louely may..whan ye tryp and daunce.
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)p.215 : God set neuer kyng to be a ryotoure, To trippe on tapettes, and lyue in ydelnesse, But for to rule with all kyndes of busynesse.
b
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)3713 : Ȝitt es þe traytoure one londe with tryede knyghttes..they trippe one trappede stedys.
- a1500 MSerm.Mol.(Adv 19.3.1)82 : Therof come trypyng to the kyng of Hongre, that all pepull which myȝth not lyȝttely come to the Playn of Salesbere.
c
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)241 : Garyn his gode stede hym fette..þe erld lep vp wyþ oute lette, his styrop trepede he noȝt.
- c1450 Ladd Y the daunce (Cai 383/603)p.307 : He com to the ryng, And he trippede on my to and made a twynkelyng.
d
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)7.46 : The drouer ay in kynde Do lifte & lethe as lough & high the corn is, That shal trippe in [L cumulatur], the chaf fletyng bihynde.
e
- a1500 Let.Alex.(Wor F.172)334 : Thei shul nat withstande that it be neverthelesse don; Nor trippyng [L trepidantes] Oliphauntis to tarie bien turned as many as taken, and to aske, lepyng or skippyng with blowynges of men and crienges, and theym more astonyeth that with grete strif bifore foughten.
2.
(a) To stumble; (b) to cause (sb.) to stumble or fall;— used fig.; also, ?do (sb.) harm.
Associated quotations
a
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)503 : Tryppyn or stoomelyn: Cespito.
- a1475(a1450) Tourn.Tott.(Hrl 5396)218 : To þat ylk fest com many for þe nones: Some come hyp-halt, and sum tryppand [vr. trippande] on þe stonys.
b
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)3425 : He wende þat he schulde a levyd ay, Tyl Deth trypte hym on hys daunce, He loste hys wyttys fyve.
- a1500 St.Kath.(4) (Cmb Ff.2.38)388 : The mayde was owt of þe towne ladde, As the kynge them badde, And anon can hur tryppe..oon of the caytyveys..To smyte of hur hedde..was bowne.
3.
In surname.
Associated quotations
- (1315) *in Pilkington Surn.94 : Robert Tripknave.