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læppa

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
læppa, an; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§57; §256;
A skirt [of a garment], lappet, lobe [of the ear &c.], lap [in dew-lap; cf. also lop-eared], a detached portion, a district
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  • Læppa óððe ende

    ora,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 50
      • ;
    • Som. 51, 30
      • .

  • Hý móstan ðam læppan friþ gebicgean ðe hý under cyngces hand oferhæfdon

    they might purchase peace for that district which, subject to the king, they ruled over,

    • L. Eth. ii. 1
      • ;
    • Th. i. 284, 13
      • .

  • On læppan his hrægles

    in oram vestimenti ejus,

    • Ps. Spl. C. 132, 3
      • .

  • Hé genam his loðan ǽnne læppan tó tácne ðæt hé his geweald áhte,

    • Past. 3, 2
      • ;
    • Swt. 36, 6
      • .

  • Hé forcearf his mentles ǽnne læppan

    oram chlamydis ejus abscidit,

    • 28, 6
      • ;
    • Swt. 197, 21
      • :
    • 199, 11, 17
      • .

  • Læppan vel fnado

    fimbria,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 64
      • ;
    • Som. 68, 128
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 40, 33
      • .

  • Lappan

    lacinia,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 51
      • .

  • Lifre læppan vel þearmas

    fibræ,

    • 76
      • ;
    • Som. 71, 110
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 45, 16
      • .

  • Hér sint tácn áheardodre lifre ge on ðám læppum and filmenum

    here are symptoms of a hardened liver both on the lobes and the membranes,

    • L. M. 2, 21
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 204, 4
      • .

  • Sió lifer hæfþ fíf læppan,

    • 2, 17
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 198, 1
      • .
Etymology
[
P. L. S. þe lappe of oure loverdes cloþ, 21, 29
:
Laym. leyde uppe his lappe [1st MS. bærm], 30261
:
Chauc. lappe
:
Piers P. he shal lese for hir loue a lappe of caritatis, 2, 35
:
Prompt. Parv. lappe, skyrte gremium, p. 287 where see note
:
O. Frs. lappa
:
Dut. lap a remnant, patch
:
Dan. lap a patch
:
O. H. Ger. lappa lacinia
:
Ger. lapp.
]
Derived forms
eár-, fræt-, lifer-læppa
Linked entries
v.  lappa.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “læppa.” 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/20975.

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