† orpedadj.
Obsolete.
1. Of a person (in Middle English esp. a knight): active, alert, self-assured, bold, vigorous, hardy, valiant.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > courage > valour > [adjective]
well-doingeOE
orpedOE
eglechea1250
hendc1275
i-wihtc1275
valiantc1330
valiantc1330
sadc1384
wighty14..
bounteousa1440
valorous1477
warlike1488
valorous1490
OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) iii. i. 128 Swa gedafenað esnum þam orpedan, þonne he god weorc ongynð, þæt he þæt geornlice beswynce.
OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) iii. i. 132 La orpeda cleric, gif þu wylle witan þa terminos þe we ymbe spræcon, wite hwylc ger hyt sy þæs monan [circules þe] man hæt lunaris.
c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) 1135 (MED) Orped [v.r. Stronge] þou art and of grete miȝt, Gode kniȝt & ardi in fiȝt.
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iii. 2415 An orped kniht in many a stede.
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 4594 (MED) No man more orpid nor hardier to firȝt [read fiȝt] Nor desyrous for to han victorie.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 439 (MED) Tho were orped knyghtes, and the beste of all the hoste for to endure and suffre traueile of armes.
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1339/2 See you this orped giant here, so huge of limme and bone?
1598 R. Carew Herrings Tayle l. 258 Straight as two launces coucht by Orped Knight in rest.
2. Of an animal: fierce, furious.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > savagery > [adjective]
grimlyc893
retheeOE
grim971
bitterOE
bremec1175
grillc1175
grimfula1240
cruel1297
sturdy1297
fiercea1300
fellc1300
boistousa1387
felonousc1386
savagea1393
bestiala1398
bremelya1400
felona1400
hetera1400
cursedc1400
wicked14..
vengeablec1430
wolvishc1430
unnatural?1473
inhuman1481
brutisha1513
cruent1524
felonish1530
mannish1530
abominate1531
lionish1549
boarish?1550
truculent?c1550
unhumanc1550
lion-like1556
beastly1558
orped1567
raw?1573
tigerish?1573
unmanlike1579
boisterous1581
savaged1583
tiger-like1587
yond1590
truculental1593
savage wild1595
tigerous1597
inhumane1598
Neronian1598
immane1599
Phalarical1602
ungentle1603
feral1604
savagious1605
fierceful1607
Dionysian1608
wolvy1611
Hunnish1625
lionly1631
tigerly1633
savage-hearted1639
brutal1641
feroce1641
ferocious1646
asperous1650
ferousa1652
wolfish1674
tiger1763
savage-fierce1770
Tartar1809
Tartarly1821
Neroic1851
tigery1859
Neronic1864
unmannish1867
inhumanitarian1947
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [adjective] > fiercely or furiously violent
bremec1175
wooda1250
furiousc1374
rabious1460
rageous1486
furibund1490
bremelya1500
orped1567
yond1590
rabid1594
1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) viii. f. 102v Yet should this hand..confound this orped Swine.
1600 H. C. in Englands Helicon sig. Z2 For an orped Swine Smit him in the groyne.
1608 W. Bettie Hist. Titana & Theseus i. 13 Nay men, woomen, and children went daily in danger, of this orped swines dreadfull Tuskes.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > courage > valour > [noun]
earlshipOE
prowessc1325
pruancec1330
valiantisec1330
wightshipc1330
valure?a1350
wightness1377
orpednessa1398
orpedshipc1400
valiantness1470
valiance1475
fierceness1490
priceheadc1540
valiancy1574
valor1586
valencea1604
valeur1646
valorousness1727
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f.129 Aboute pentecost is tyme of cheualrie & ek of orpidnesse [L. strennuitatis].
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > courage > valour > [noun]
earlshipOE
prowessc1325
pruancec1330
valiantisec1330
wightshipc1330
valure?a1350
wightness1377
orpednessa1398
orpedshipc1400
valiantness1470
valiance1475
fierceness1490
priceheadc1540
valiancy1574
valor1586
valencea1604
valeur1646
valorousness1727
c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) 1411 (MED) His folk, ful of orpedschippe, Swiþe lepeþ in to þe shippe.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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