yepsen
English
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) Amount that can be held in two hands cupped together.
- (obsolete) Two hands cupped together.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English yespon inherited from Old English *ġēapsponn, *ġēap (curved, bent) affix from English gap + English span (pair of horses, the distance between two ends of a thing, non-gloss definition).
Origin
English
span
Gloss
pair of horses, the distance between two ends of a thing, non-gloss definition
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- airgap English
- bandgap English
- clearspan English
- cospan English
- eigengap English
- endspan English
- forspan English
- gap English
- gap-lapper English
- gap-toothed English
- gapful English
- gapless English
- gaplike English
- gapmer English
- gapper English
- gappy English
- gowpen English
- handspan English
- healthspan English
- inspan English
- intragap English
- legspan English
- lifespan English
- linkspan English
- mainspan English
- makespan English
- microgap English
- midgap English
- midspan English
- minigap English
- multigap English
- nanogap English
- outspan English
- overspan English
- pregap English
- pseudogap English
- span English
- spanless English
- spannable English
- spanner English
- spanwise English
- spanworm English
- stopgap English
- subgap English
- subspan English
- supraspan English
- tetraspan English
- timespan English
- widegap English
- widespan English
- wingspan English
- yeepsen English
- gesp Dutch, Flemish
- gespen Dutch, Flemish
- ギャップ Japanese
- *ġēap Old English
- *ġēapsponn Old English
- gap Middle English
- spanne Middle English
- yespon Middle English
- gaupn Old Norse
- palmspan Old Norse
- gespe Middle Dutch
- gönkän Westrobothnian
- gespi Sranan Tongo
- gap
- span
- gappy
- airgap
- gapper
- midgap
- gapful
- gowpen
- cospan
- inspan
- subgap
- gapmer
- pregap
- yeepsen
- gaplike
- forspan
- spanner
- outspan
- midspan
- bandgap
- minigap
- endspan
- subspan
- stopgap
- nanogap
- legspan
- widegap
- gapless
- eigengap
- spanless
- overspan
- lifespan
- spanworm
- makespan
- widespan
- multigap
- timespan
- wingspan
- spanwise
- mainspan
- handspan
- linkspan
- microgap
- intragap
- pseudogap
- clearspan
- spannable
- tetraspan
- supraspan
- healthspan
- gap-lapper
- gap-toothed