Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A large drinking-goblet, especially the vessel from which the chief guest at an entertainment or the presiding dignitary was served.
- noun Hence A vessel of precious material, as silver or silver gilt, fitted with a cover, from which the taster drank a little wine taken from the hanap.
- noun In the fifteenth century, a measure, especially for wine, ale, and the like. It is forbidden, on the ground that it is not a fixed measure, by a regulation of Henry IV.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A rich goblet, esp. one used on state occasions.
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- noun obsolete A rich goblet, especially one used on state occasions.
Etymologies
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Examples
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I'll line it up sa mga pending ko ha? tsaka hanap pa ako ng pic na puedeng pang cover. anganda naman ni manay cheh!! happy valentine's day * mwah* thanks for dropping by and this meme. why your hubby doesn't want his face around the blogosphere? hehe. moderately-confused pinay in deutschland is proudly powered by
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The goblet was filled with Malvoisie: it held about three quarts; a precious golden hanap carved by the cunning artificer, Benvenuto the Florentine.
Burlesques 2006
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The goblet was filled with Malvoisie: it held about three quarts; a precious golden hanap carved by the cunning artificer, Benvenuto the Florentine.
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The hanap frequently occurs in wills and inventories of the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries.
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"Je devise a ma joefne fille Isabel Bardolf en cide de lui marier un _hanap_ plat door."
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Now I cannot find _hanap_ in any dictionary to which I have access; but I find _hanaper_ in every one.
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But I cannot distinctly connect the _hanap_ of the exhibition with _hanaper_: and I perhaps ought to look in another direction for its true signification and etymology.
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"Item, un hanap d ore covere del ovrage d un _kyrymyry_ et iij scochons des armes d Engleterre et de Franuce en le sumet."
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While they sang a hymn in praise of King Gradlon, one of the choristers, provided with a flagon of wine, a napkin, and golden hanap, mounted on the crupper of King
Brittany & Its Byways Fanny Bury Palliser
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"Un hanap a pee de la veille fazon quillere et cymelle el founz du pois xxix, du pris xl."
rutharnold commented on the word hanap
I thought hanap meant a goblet with a lid
April 16, 2009
qms commented on the word hanap
A chalice will serve for a nip,
A rhyton ennobles the lip,
But no vessel can cap
The majestic hanap -
The cup of the right royal sip.
January 15, 2016
bilby commented on the word hanap
When I have a nap I sometimes drop a few letters.
January 16, 2016
qms commented on the word hanap
My postman has the same problem, dammit!
January 16, 2016
fbharjo commented on the word hanap
Is there such a vessel as a hahanap or is that too remote (moat) a possibility?
January 16, 2016