laumpe
Middle English
Etymology
From Old French lampe, from Latin lampas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlau̯mp(ə)/, /ˈlamp(ə)/
Noun
laumpe (plural laumpes or laumpen)
- A lamp or light.
- c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Apocalips 4:5, page 118v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
- ⁊ leıtıs ⁊ voıces ⁊ þundꝛıngıs camen out of þe troone. ⁊ ſeuene lau[m]pıs bꝛe[n]nynge bıfoꝛe þe troone.· whıche ben þe ſeuene ſpırıtıs of god
- And lightning, sounds, and thunder came out of the throne, and seven lamps were burning in front of the throne, which are the seven spirits of God.
- (figurative) A metaphorical light or fire.
- (alchemy) An alchemical heater.
References
- “laump(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-12.
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