Obs. exc. dial. Forms: 5 north. silapp(e, sylypp, 6 sillab(e, syllape, 6–7 syllabe, 7–8 syllab, 9 Sc. syllup. [a. OF. sillabe (mod. syllabe): see SYLLABLE sb.] = SYLLABLE sb.
c. 1440. Alphabet of Tales, 104. Silappis & wurdis þat er ouerhippid, & also versis of þe salter & wurdis er mombled.
c. 1440. York Myst., x. 26. Abram first named was I, And sythen he sette a sylypp ma.
1509. Barclay, Shyp of Folys (1874), I. 144. Homo est Asinus is cause of moche stryfe Thus passe forth these folys the dayes of theyr lyfe In two syllabis.
1529. Lyndesay, Compl., 91. The first sillabis that thow did mute Was ‘pa, Da Lyn, vpon the lute.’
a. 1533. Frith, Answ. More (1548), C vj b. I neuer altered one syllabe of Gods worde.
a. 1568. Ascham, Scholem., II. (Arb.), 148. Their feete be … not distinct by trew quantitie of sillabes.
1625. B. Jonson, Staple of N., V. ii. 37. I will not change a syllab, with thee, more. Ibid. (1636), Eng. Gram., i. § 2. A Word … consisteth of one or more Syllabes.
1762. Bridges, Homer Travest. (1797), I. 102. With staring looks and open jaws They catch each syllab as it flows.
1785. in Shirrefs, Poems (1790), 318. Sic verses … And no ae syllab’ o’ them wrang.
1889. Barrie, Window in Thrums, xix. 181. There hasna been a syllup aboot it.
