A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Nop, v. [Sc. variant, with o for a by the analogy of such pairs as crap and crop, slap and slop, etc., of Nap v.: cf. also Nap n.1] intr. To take a short or light sleep, to doze. Only to nop and nod. —a1500 Henr. III. 151/50.
Quhen ȝe wald nop and nod a1568 Bann. MS. 158 a/27.
Troll hasart … Rydis noppand and noddand & takkis na keip
