Etymology

gowpen

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Today it means: A bowl made of the two hands cupped together. Full definition →

Old Norse gaupn
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived fromgaupn“hollow made by cupped hands”
  2. English todaygowpen

From Old Norse gaupn (“hollow made by cupped hands”). Doublet of yepsen.

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