† wapmann.
Obsolete.
A man as distinguished from a woman, a male human being.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > person > man > [noun]
churla800
werec900
rinkeOE
wapmanc950
heOE
wyeOE
gomeOE
ledeOE
seggeOE
shalkOE
manOE
carmanlOE
mother bairnc1225
hemea1250
mother sona1250
hind1297
buck1303
mister mana1325
piecec1325
groomc1330
man of mouldc1330
hathela1350
sire1362
malea1382
fellowa1393
guestc1394
sergeant?a1400
tailarda1400
tulka1400
harlotc1405
mother's sona1470
frekea1475
her1488
masculinea1500
gentlemana1513
horse?a1513
mutton?a1513
merchant1549
child1551
dick1553
sorrya1555
knavea1556
dandiprat1556
cove1567
rat1571
manling1573
bird1575
stone-horse1580
loona1586
shaver1592
slave1592
copemate1593
tit1594
dog1597
hima1599
prick1598
dingle-dangle1605
jade1608
dildoa1616
Roger1631
Johnny1648
boy1651
cod1653
cully1676
son of a bitch1697
cull1698
feller1699
chap1704
buff1708
son of a gun1708
buffer1749
codger1750
Mr1753
he-man1758
fella1778
gilla1790
gloak1795
joker1811
gory1819
covey1821
chappie1822
Charley1825
hombre1832
brother-man1839
rooster1840
blokie1841
hoss1843
Joe1846
guy1847
plug1848
chal1851
rye1851
omee1859
bloke1861
guffin1862
gadgie1865
mug1865
kerel1873
stiff1882
snoozer1884
geezer1885
josser1886
dude1895
gazabo1896
jasper1896
prairie dog1897
sport1897
crow-eater1899
papa1903
gink1906
stud1909
scout1912
head1913
beezer1914
jeff1917
pisser1918
bimbo1919
bozo1920
gee1921
mush1936
rye mush1936
basher1942
okie1943
mugger1945
cat1946
ou1949
tess1952
oke1970
bra1974
muzhik1993
c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Luke ii. 23 Eghuelc he vel woepenmon to-untynes hrif [L. omne masculinum adaperiens uuluam].
c1000 Ælfric Deut. xxii. 5 Ne scride nan wif hig mid wæpmannes reafe, ne wæpman mid wifmannes reafe.
1123 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud. MS.) Forbearn eall meast se burh of Lincolne & micel ungerime folces wæpmen & wimmen forburnon.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 7998 Þær comenn forrþ to lofenn himm. An weppmann. & an widdwe.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 236 For þi misunne is mare þen of awepmon.
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 1379 Luue..Bitweone wepmon & wimmane [Jesus MS. þe mon & wymmone].
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 562 Leode nere þar nane. ne wapmen [c1300 Otho wepmen] ne wifmen.
c1275 XI Pains of Hell 145 in Old Eng. Misc. 151 Uvrþer þer beoþ wimmen and wapmen bo.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1001 Of is hird euerilc wapman Wurð circumcis.
Compounds
wapman-kin n. persons of the male sex.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > person > man > [noun] > men collectively
wapman-kinc1175
manc1300
menkinda1470
mankind1526
manhood1588
mens-kind1592
the sterner (alsobetter, rougher, stronger) sex1608
lords of creation1649
menfolk1749
masculinity1860
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 4092 All þatt weppmann kinn Þatt wass inn hise walde.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 251 Al þat wapmon-cun [c1300 Otho monkun] þa mihte beren wæpen.
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