gulchecuppe

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • gulche-cuppe, keache cuppe, kealchecuppe, kealche cuppe, kelchecuppe, kelche-cuppe, kelche cuppe

Etymology

From gulchen (“to gulp”) +‎ cuppe (“cup”).

Noun

gulchecuppe

  1. A drunkard.
    • c. 1225, “Feorðe dale: fondunges”, in Ancrene Ƿiſſe (Cotton MS Nero A. XIV)‎[1], Worcestershire, published c. 1225-1250, folio 56, verso; republished at London: British Library Digitised Manuscripts, 29 March 2013:
      ȝif þe gulchecuppe ƿeallinde breſ to drincken. ⁊ ȝeot in hiſ ƿide þrote. þet he a ſƿelte ƿiðinnen.
      Give the tosspot molten brass to drink, and pour it into his wide throat, that he may die inwardly.

Descendants

  • English: gulch-cup

References

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