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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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(Lepe,) Leip, n. [ME. lepe, leep, a leap or jump, OE. hlýp, Angl. *hlép, f. the root of Lepe v.1 and v.2] The leip of the moyn (moon), = med.L. saltus lunæ, OE. þæs mónan hlýp, the omission of a day in the reckoning of the lunar month at the end of each cycle of nineteen years. —a1538 Abell 28 b.
Pace day wes on Sondaye the 14 day of … Aprile to the 12 day for sa mekill of the moyn or thare about is the leip and the return of the moyn
