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COPS

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
COPS, cosp, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§306;
A rope, cord, fetter; funis, anquina, compes
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  • Cops

    anquina anguina, MS.

    Ælfc. Gl. 104; Som. 78, 10; Wrt. Voc. 56, 56.
  • Hí sǽdon ðæt hió sceolde sleán on ða raccentan and on cospas

    they said that she should throw them into chains and fetters

    • Bt. 38, 1
    • ;
    • Fox 194, 32.
Etymology
O. Sax. cosp, m:
Lat. compes a fetter
Derived forms
fót-cops, hand-, swur-
Linked entries
v.  ge-fótcypsed camp cosp.
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  • COPS, n.