Corepan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Corepan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: scrípan), Mk. Skt. Rush. 9, 18. Screp ðæt blód of, Lchdm. ii. 262, 6: 38, 20. [Þet he screpe zennes of al of oure herten, Ayenb. 98, 19.

Definitions

1 corepan

p. scræp, pl. scrǽpon; pp. screpen To scrape, scratch:--Scriopu scalpio, Txts. 97, 1828. Scripið, scripith, scribid scarpinat, 95, 1805. Screpes scratches (? the word glosses arescit. But generally later English forms seem to represent a verb scrapian. Cf. Icel. skrapa: O. Du. schrapen:--Heo schulden schreapien þe eorðe up of hore putte, A. R. 116, 15. Al þet scrift ne schreapeð nout of, 344, 13. Shame shrapeth his clothes, Piers P. 11, 423. Scrapyn (shrapyn) awey abrado; scrapyn (schrapyn) scalpo, scalpito, Prompt. Par

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