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], Herefordshire, published c. 1225-1250, folio 56, verso; republished at London: British Library Digitised Manuscripts, 2013 March 29:

     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

• “gulche-cuppe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 21 May 2018.