Lapian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Lapian

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 lapian

p. ode To lap, lick :-- Ic lapige lambo, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 32, 25. Gedó ðonne on glæsfæt and ðonne mid hláfe oððe mid swá hwilcum mete swá ðú wille lapa on then put it into a glass vessel, and then, with bread or with whatever food you will, lap it up, L. M. 2, 6; Lchdm. ii. 184, 24. Lapien on hunig let them lap up honey, 16. [Cf. Icel. lepja to lap as a dog: O. H. Ger. laffan; p. luof lambere.] lapian

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ᛚᚪᛈᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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