Middle English Dictionary Entry
vaum-peien v.
Entry Info
| Forms | vaum-peien v. Also vampeie, vampet, vampethe; p.ppl. vampaied. |
| Etymology | From vaum-pei n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
?To repair (a shoe or boot) by providing it with a new vamp or upper [cp. vaum-peiinge ger.]; ?make a vamp or an upper [cp. vaum-pei n., last quot.]; ppl. vampaied in phrase vampaied with lether, of leggings or stockings: ?with leather foot-coverings attached.
Associated quotations
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)601/16 : Pedano: to vampeye.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)132b : To vampethe [Monson: vampet]: pedanare.
- a1500 *Medulla (Hrl 2270)74a/a : Pedano: to vampeye.
- (1459) Invent.Fastolf(2) in Archaeol.21272 : ij payre hosyn of blak kersey…payre bounde wyth lether…j payre of blake vampayed withe leder.