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.
- a. 1382, John Wycliffe, “Apocalips 4:5”, in Wycliffe's Bible:
- And leitis, and voices, and thundringis camen out of the trone; and ſeuene laumpis brennynge bifore the trone, whiche ben the ſeuene ſpiritis 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.
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- (figuratively) 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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