Hoppestre

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - hoppestre

According to the Old English Dictionary:

an;

hoppestre
f. A female dancer :-- Ðæs mǽran wítegan deáþ ðære lyðran hoppystran tó méde forgeaf rewarded that vile dancer with the death of the illustrious prophet, Homl. Th. i. 484, 3. [Chauc. hoppestre.] hoppestre
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