"trip" meaning in Middle English

See trip in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈtrip(ə)/ Forms: trippus [plural], trippe [alternative]
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman trippe (“dance”). Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|xno|trippe||dance}} Anglo-Norman trippe (“dance”) Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} trip, {{enm-noun|pl=trippus}} trip (plural trippus)
  1. An action that leads to a trip, fall or a bump; that which causes a misstep.
    Sense id: en-trip-enm-noun-Y5bn0yQ1 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 59 3 29 9
  2. (rare) A motion in a dance. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-trip-enm-noun--JKLhH9o
  3. (rare, Late Middle English) A voyage; an excursion. Tags: Late-Middle-English, rare
    Sense id: en-trip-enm-noun-4m0s90~0 Categories (other): Late Middle English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} trip
  1. alternative form of tryppe Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: tryppe
    Sense id: en-trip-enm-noun-1i4KffxB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-01-16 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (d1270d2 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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