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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1513, 1581-1623
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Lopperit, Lopprit, Loppred, p.p. and ppl. a. Also: lopperyt, loppirrit. [North. ME. lopred (a 1300), lopyrde, lopyrryde (Cath. Anglic.). and mod. north. Eng. dial. loppered, f. north. ME. lopir v. (Rolle), also once leper (c 1400), and mod. north. Eng. dial. lopper to curdle, also to simmer, boil slowly, and cf. north. ME. loper a. coagulated. and mod. south Sc. and north. Eng. dial. lopper curdled; ? obscurely related to Lepe v.2: cf. Norw. laupa, also lopna, to curdle, etc. (Thorson). Cf. Lapper v. and Lap(p)er(e)d ppl. a.] Coagulated, clotted (blood). — 1513 Doug. vii. viii. 128.
The loppirrit [Sm. lopperyt] blude stoppit hys aynd onone 1513 Ib. x. vi. 136.
Lopprit 1513 Ib. iii. ix. 64 (Sm.).
Thair lopperit [B. lappyrrit] blude 1581-1623 James VI Poems I. 150/698 (1591).
With blood loppred
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