manship
(ˈmænʃɪp)
Forms: 1 manscipe, 3 mannshipe, monscipe, monschipe, 4 manschippe, manshupe, manscip, manschipe, manchip, 5 manschyp, manshyp, menschepe, 5, 7, 9 manship.
[OE. manscipe: see man n.1 and -ship. Cf. G. mannschaft.]
† 1. Humanity, kindness; courtesy, civility. Obs.
| a 1000 tr. Pope Sergius' Let. to Aldhelm in Birch Cart. Sax. I. 155 Manscipe ᵹyfan be þearfendum & ælþeodiᵹum [L. humanitatem peregrinis et egentibus impendere]. c 1330 Arth. & Merl. 7654 (Kölbing), ‘Whider wostow, Ywain, for mi loue?’ ‘Dame, to seche min em Arthour, Of him to afong þe anour Of wiȝtschippe & cheualrie, & leren manschippe & curteisie!’ 1393 Langl. P. Pl. C. xiii. 105 For eche frend fedeþ oþer and fondeþ how he may quite Meles and manshupes eche a ryche man oþer. |
† 2. Homage, worship; honour, dignity. Obs.
| a 1175 Cott. Hom. 235 Gif ic fader ham wer his mi manscipe [= Mal. i. 6 Vulg. ubi est honor meus?]. c 1200 Ormin 19014 Forr þurrh þatt manness sawle iss lic Wiþþ Godd inn onnlicnesse, Þær þurrh maᵹᵹ itt ben nemmnedd mann, & wiþþ mannshipe wurrþedd. c 1205 Lay. 6234 We wulleð þine men beon þine mon-scipe herien. c 1275 Ibid. 13500 Ich ou wolle wel bi-wite mid mochelere mansipe. a 1300 Cursor M. 12565 And quen he suld to manscip ga,..All þai felascip him bar. 13.. Guy Warw. (A.) 1688 He him underfeng with worthschipe And dede him miche manschipe [Caius MS. honour full manly]. c 1330 Arth. & Merl. 3634 (Kölbing), We beþ redi in al þing, Anon to go wiþ king Arthour, To his manschipe & his honour! Ibid. 6827 For leuer hem were be ded, sikerliche, In manschippe & in trewþe, Þan euer more liue in rewþe. c 1450 Cast. Perseverance (E.E.T.S.) 74 We mustyr ȝou with menschepe, & Freyne ȝou of Frely frenchepe. |
† 3. Manly courage, valour; manliness. Obs.
| c 1205 Lay. 3846 He fusede mid monschipe to ward Margane his mæie. 13.. Coer de L. 1848 Mariners arm your ships And do up your manships. c 1350 Will. Palerne 2676 Meyntenes ȝit ȝoure manchip manli a while, til god of his grete miȝt god tyding vs sende. Ibid. 3337 Men, for ȝoure manchipe na more þat suffreþ, but wendeþ ouȝt wiȝtli & wiþ ȝour fon meteþ. c 1400 Sege Jerusalem 777 More manschyp wer hit ȝit mercy [to] by-seche, Þan metles marr þer no myȝt helpys. 1465 Paston Lett. II. 254 And how that ever ye do, hold up your manship. |
4. The condition of being a man. Obs. exc. in nonce-use. † Also concr., a man.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 9849 Bot he war ferliful to call if þou it sagh, and sua moght fall, þat in a man all manscip war, Wit-vten less, wit-vten mare. 1600 Look about you C 4, Will you promise me to bring no maides To set vppon my litle manship there? 1899 Westm. Gaz. 27 June 1/3 He is too proud of his superior manship to allow it. |
Hence † ˈmanshiply adv., faithfully as a liegeman.
| 13.. Guy Warw. (A.) 124 His lord he serued..In al þing manschipeliche. c 1425 Eng. Conq. Irel. 92 The folke of þe londe, manshyply hym shold vptake, & worthly as lorde. |