asp

«asp» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: snake; viper — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic word

modern equivalent

snake; viper

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

A small, poisonous snake. tree →

how it differs from today

Rare today, and mostly found in old stories. We would just say snake or viper.

examples

• Their wine is the venom of serpents, and the cruel poison of asps. (Torah DEU.32.33, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the fox went on till he nearly fell over an asp who was gliding across the road. (The Brown Fairy Book) tree →
• “Well, if you only want them for a short time, perhaps I could manage,” answered the asp; “but I can’t do without them for long.” (The Brown Fairy Book) tree →

primary record

asp

tests

rate: word (≥3 uses, never in EWT or ≥10× EWT, Wiktionary: first sense archaic); corpora 7 (Torah 0, tales 7, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 0.8 (Torah alone 0.0); Wiktionary archaic (first sense)

In the corpora

• Their wine is the venom of serpents, and the cruel poison of asps.
• Their venom is like the venom of a serpent; they are like the deaf asp that stoppeth her ear;
• Thou shalt tread upon the lion and asp; the young lion and the serpent shalt thou trample under feet.
• Yet his food in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
• He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall slay him.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «asp» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.