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Old English Dictionary Entry

Treppe

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1 treppe

colt-trap ?) ramnus, Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 47), an; f. A trap :-- Ic beswíce fugelas mid treppan decipio aves decipula, Coll. Monast. Th. 25, 15. [O. H. Ger. trapo tenda. From this Low Latin trappa, hence French trappe, which perhaps helps to determine the form of the later English word :-- To lacchenn þe þutrh trapp, Orm. 12301. A mons caught in a trappe, Chauc. Prol. 145. A trappe brida, Wrt. Voc. i. 264, 8. Trappe for myce muscipula, decipula, trappe to take wythe beestys tenabulum, trappyd or betrappyd decipulatus, illaqueatus, Prompt. Par
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛏᚱᛖᛈᛈᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Orm.
Ormulum (ME text by Orm)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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