laumpe

Middle English

Alternative forms

• lampe, lamp, lompe, lawmpe, lamppe

Etymology

From Old French lampe, from Latin lampas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlau̯mp(ə)/, /ˈlamp(ə)/

Noun

laumpe (plural laumpes or laumpen)

1. A lamp or light.

   • a. 1382, John Wycliffe, “Apocalips 4:5”, in Wycliffe's Bible:

     And leitis, and voices, and thundringis camen out of the trone; and ſeuene laumpis brennynge bifore the trone, whiche ben the ſeuene ſpiritis of God.

     And lightning, sounds, and thunder came out of the throne, and seven lamps were burning in front of the throne, which are the seven spirits of God.

2. (figurative) A metaphorical light or fire.
3. (alchemy) An alchemical heater.

Descendants

• English: lamp
  • Tok Pisin: lam
  • → Korean: 램프 (raempeu)
• Scots: lamp

References

• “laump(e (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-12.