Talk:bread-lepe

RFV discussion: September–October 2022
Archaic, possibly dictionary-only or Middle English. Compare, which failed RfV recently (but we have ). 98.170.164.88 07:18, 13 September 2022 (UTC)


 * redlinked on https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bread#Derived_terms and referenced on page 697 of the Universal Dictionary of the English Language, Volume 1 Peppermintpatty111 (talk) 07:20, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Dictionary of the English Language, Volume 1, p. 697, col. 1 reads
 * *bread-lepe, s. [A.S. Breabread, and leap = a basket.] A break-basket.
 * "...me drempte ic bar bread-lepes thre."—''Story of en & Exod., 2,078.
 * The quote is from the c. 1250 Story of Genesis and Exodus. Linked edition offers the following enigmatic footnote (there is no bibliography or list of abbreviations):
 * bread-lepes = bread-baskets. Cf. O.E. bar-lepe, a basket for keeping barley in. See Townley Myst., p. 329; Wicliffe, Exod. ii. 3. Leep, or baskett (lepp. K). Sporta, calathus, corbis.—(Prompt. Parv.)
 * I'm not sure what edition of the is being referenced to, but judging by the Wicliffe it's probably a straightforward Middle/Old English use of the word lepe (or leap; MED standardizes to lep). OED has nothing either. To be frank I'd be surprised if this saw any use in modern English. Winthrop23 (talk) 17:10, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

RFV-failed, moved to Middle English This, that and the other (talk) 00:33, 15 October 2022 (UTC)