A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1420-1573
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Jap(e, Jaip, v. [ME. jape (1362), to trick, befool, to seduce, to jest, etc.; of obscure derivation. Cf. the noun.]
1. tr. To befool (a woman), to seduce.(a) c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace vi. 154.
Thi deme has beyne japyt or thow was born a1568 Scott iv. 79.
Or scho war kissit plane, Scho leir [= levar, rather] be japit thryis(b) c1420 Wynt. viii. 2044 (E2).
Sa said the freir at iaippit thi wif c1500-c1512 Dunb. xviii. 19.
Be I ane lady fresche and fair [etc.] … Than will thay say, … , That I am jaipit lait and air c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 62.
I think it is no happie lyfe, Ane man to jaip his maisteris wyfe 1573 Satirical Poems xxxix. 172.
With wemenis will ȝe do thame lytill wrang; To iaip thame sa, I think it na iniuir
2. intr. a. To play with (a plaything). b. To perform tricks or deceptions (as a conjurer). c. To say or do something in mockery or jest; to jest, joke.a. c1420 Ratis Raving 1129.
Sa lang havis child wyl alwaye With flouris for to jap and playeb. c1450-2 Howlat 770.
In com japand the ja, as a juglour, With castis and with cawtelisc. 1513 Doug. ii. ii. 59.
Of the fals flechand Vlixes sa quent, I iape not, for that I say weyll I knaw c1550 Rolland Court of Venus Prol. 64.
Jocund with joy, and jolyous to jaip, With mockis and mowis of nature as the aip
