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sopa

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
sopa, an; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§401;
A sup, draught
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  • On wearmum wætre drince betonican týn sopan,

      Lchdm. ii. 134, 22.
  • Súpe cú buteran .viii. morgnas .iii. sopan,

      294, 1.
Etymology
[Þer (in hell) is o wateres flod . . . a þusen saulen beoþ bi sore ofþurst . . . ne moten heo biden neuer o sope, Misc. 152, 169. Þyse renkeȝ schul neuer suppe on sope of my seve, Allit. Pms. 41, 108. Icel. sopi a sup, mouthful.]
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v. súpan.
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v.  súpe.
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