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leáp

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
leáp, es; m.
a basket, a basket containing a certain amount, [two-thirds of a bushel? 'Lepe quod est tertia pars duorum bussellorum;' in Sussex, time of Ed. I.] a weel for catching fish
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  • Leáp

    corbis,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 6:

    calatus,

    • 127, 73.

  • Leóht leáp

    imbilium,

    • Wrt. Voc. 287, 27
      • :
    • ii. 46, 40
      • .

  • Leáp vel wilige

    cophinus,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 101
      • ;
    • Som. 77, 32
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 55. 37
      • .

  • Leáp vel bogenet

    nassa,

    • 84
      • ;
    • Som. 73, 90
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 48, 28
      • .

  • Sǽdere gebyreþ ðæt hé hæbbe ǽlces sǽdcynnes ǽnne leáp fulne,

    • L. R. S. 11
      • ;
    • Th. 1. 438, 9
      • .

  • Leápas

    corbes,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 52
      • .

  • Ðá bær man up of ðan ðe hí lǽfdon twelf leápas fulle,

    • Wulfst. 293, 32
      • .
trunk [of the body],
  • Judth. 10
    • ;
  • Thw. 23, 8
    • ;
  • Jud. 111
    • .
Etymology
[The word is to be found among English dialects, see the note in Prompt. Parv. p. 296; also the following reference in E.. D. S. Publications 'Leap a large deep basket; a chaff basket, B. 2. Leap or lib half a bushel [in Sussex], B. 16, 18. Lep a large wicker basket, Gloss. of old farming words, vi. Leap a wicker basket for catching eels, Lincoln.
Icel. laupr a basket of lattice work.
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v. sǽd-leáp.
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v.  sǽd-leáp.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “leáp.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/21278.

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