Show Search Results Show Browse

A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

Hide Quotations Hide Etymology

Abbreviations Cite this entry

About this entry:
First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Lepin(g, vbl. n. Also: lepping, leaping. [ME. lepynge, OE. hléapung.] Leaping, jumping: see Lepe v.1 ?1438 Alex. i. 1114.
At ane lytill burne passing His hors him failȝeit of leping
c1460 Wisd. Sol. 503.
Tyme of lauchinge, tyme of gretinge, tyme of lepinge and skipinge
a1578 Pitsc. I. 340/5.
Games and pastymes as schotting, lepping, ryding and warsling
a1586 Lindsay MS. 83.
Battellouris suld be exerceit in lepins
1609 Crim. Trials III. 3.
Mackoneill … wrested his kute in leaping

You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.

"Lepin vbl. n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 31 Oct 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/leping>

23319

dost

Hide Advanced Search

Browse DOST:

    Loading...

Share: