Obs. An early by-form of CORRUPTION: cf. CORRUMP.
a. 1340. Hampole, Psalter lxiii. 23. Swa is pride corumpcioun of luf. Ibid. (1340), Pr. Consc., 6353. Þe elementes alle sal þan clene be Of alle corrumpciouns þat we here se.
c. 1400. Lanfranc’s Cirurg., 117. If þat ony þing of corrumpcioun abide þe place schal be opened wiþ an instrument.
