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hinder-geap

  • adjective
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hinder-geap, -gep; adj.
Crafty, cunning, guileful, deceitful
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  • Hindergeap

    versutus,

      Ælfc. Gl. 84; Som. 73, 104; Wrt. Voc. 49, 11.
  • Hindergepe

    versuti,

      Coll. Monast. Th. 32, 29.
Etymology
[Orm. Þatt mann iss fox and hinnderrȝæp and full off ille wiless, 6646. Cf. Goth. hindar-weis deceitful: hindar-weisei guile. Cf. also Carrais hine biðohte of ane hindere cræfte [hiþer crafte, 2nd MS.]: Laym. 10489: Þe grune of hindre þat is of bipeching, O. E. Homl. ii. 213, 23: hinder-word, 59, 18: hinderfulle rede consilium impiorum, 23.]
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v. geap.
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  • hinder-geap, adj.