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loppe

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
loppe, an; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§404;
A flea(?), a spider(?); also a silk-worm
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  • Furþum ðeós lytle loppe hine hwílum deádne gedéþ

    even this little flea sometimes kills him,

    • Bt. 16, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 52, 13
      • .

  • Seolucwyrm oððe sídwyrm oððe loppe

    bombix,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 23
    (or is this a different word, corresponding to another meaning of bombix, 'silk or fine wool;' cf. Icel. lyppa wool drawn into a long hank before being spun? In Ps. Lamb. 38, 12 sicut araneam is glossed 'swá swá ǽtterloppan'; if this is not a mistake for 'áttercoppan,' by which the word is rendered in Ps. Spl. 38, 15, 'loppe' would be rather a spider than a flea, and the same word might be used for the silk worm, as both insects are spinners. And in Wrt. Voc. 24, 1 loppe (apparently however intended to be a Latin word) is given as the equivalent of 'fleónde næddre vel áttorcoppe.')
Etymology
[
Lop a flea, in some dialects, v. E. D. S. Reprinted Gloss. B. 15, 22 ; C. 1; and gloss. of Mid-Yorkshire and Holderness
:
Dan. loppe.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “loppe.” 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/21842.

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