| 释义 |
yepsen dial. ? Obs.|ˈjɛps(ə)n|
Forms: 4 ȝyspun, -on, yepsene, yespen, 5 ȝespyn, yespon, ȝespe, (? ȝelspe, ȝelpe), 7 yeaspen, yaspen, yaspin, yeapsond, 7–9 yeepsen, 8 yepsond, eapns, espin, 8–9 yepsintle, 9 ipson.
[ME. ȝespon, ȝyspon, yepsen, prob.:—unrecorded OE. *ᵹiepsen, *ᵹiespen, corresp. to MLG. gespe, gepse, (göpse), LG. gepse, geps, göpse, göps (G. gäspe).
Various other formations are found in LG. dialects, e.g. göppsche,. göpske, göppelsche, -ske; also early Flem. gaspe, gaps, Du. dial. gap(e, LG. gâpske, gäppelsche, -ske.
Affinity of sense suggests derivation from the Teut. stem gaup- appearing in OHG. *goufana (in dat. pl. coufanôm), MHG. goufen, later and dial. gauf, ON. gaupn (whence gowpen). In the present state of the evidence it is impossible to determine the relationship of these forms and of Lith. źiùpsnis = as much as can be seized with two or three fingers, a small handful or armful.]
The two hands placed together so as to form a bowl-shaped cavity; as much as can be held in this; = gowpen 1.
c1325Gloss. W. de Bibbesw. in Wright Voc. 147 Deus meyns ensemble, vodes ou pleyns, Sount apelés les galeyns [gloss yepsene; v.rr. yespone, ȝespyns, ȝyspun, goupynes]..Cent galeynes [gloss yespen; v.r. ȝyspones]. c1440Pallad. on Husb. xii. 561 A yespon al to grounde Of cyner. c1440Promp. Parv. 537/2 Ȝelspe, handfulle (K., H. ȝespe, S. ȝelpe, P. ȝespyn), vola. 1611Cotgr., Iointée,..in some countries of England it is called a yeaspen, in others a goppenful of. 1662Atwell Faithf. Surveyor 109 Out of every hors-footing,..I could take up whole yeapsonds [of wild oats] that were never the worse for the fire. 1664Gouldman Dict. i. (1669), A yaspin or handful, vola. 1674Ray S. & E.C. Words 80 A Yaspen or Yeepsen: in Essex signifies as much as can be taken up in both hands joyn'd together. 1703Thoresby Let. to Ray (E.D.S.) Eapns, sb. ‘an eapns’, hands full. c1746J. Collier (Tim Bobbin) View Lanc. Dial. Wks. (1775) 59 There wou'd not I ha com'n for a Yepsintle a Ginneys. 1796Pegge Derbicisms (E.D.S.) Espin, sb. a handful of anything. 1892C. T. Martin Rec. Interpr. 256 ‘A little ipson’, in Somerset, is a double handful. |