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Middle English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From for- + gloppen[1]
Adjective[edit]
forglopned
- Overwhelmed with astonishment and fear.
c. 1180, Orm, edited by Robert Meadows White, The Ormulum, page 20, lines 669–670:To beldenn ⁊ to frofrenn þe, Ȝiff he þe seþ forrgloppnedd.- To bolden and to comfort thee, if he sees thee distressed.
c. 1350, anonymous author, edited by Richard Morris, Cursor Mundi, Göttingen edition, page 1124, lines 19633–19634:Saul him quok, sua was he rad, For-glopind in his mod all madd.- Saul quaked, so afraid was he, overwhelmed in his mind, completely mad.
References[edit]
- ^ forglopned - Middle English Compendium[1], 2023 July 6 (last accessed)
