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haper (s.xiii)

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haper (s.xiii)

apper;  hapir;  happer;  happir  
  FEW:  happ- 4,381a Gdf: GdfC:  happer 9,745c TL: haper 4,894 DEAF:  haper H149 DMF:  happer  TLF:  happer  OED:  hap v.3  MED:  happen v.2  DMLBS:

v.trans.

to seize quickly, grab, catch hold of
( 1271-72; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  vostre enemi prendra ver lui quant ke il porra haper, e de bestes e de blés  vegetius2 69.12
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  si le chat de enfer [...] hapa od ses ungles le chief de son queor  Ancren1 83.31
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  (the besieged) maungerent [...] lour leveres et chates et rates et quaunt q’ils purroient happer  Anon Chr1 68
lawto catch, arrest
( 1314-15 )  Et si la partie atteint poet estre hapee, serra mis en prisone et la demorer jesqe taunt q'il eit paié  Rot Parl1 i 290
lawto appropriate, take possession of
( 1305 )  si le seignur en le cas qe vous mettez puisse happer la possession, il est mult forte de luy oster  YBB 33-35 Ed I 35
( 1308-09 )  vous fustes le premir qe happa l'enfaunt aprés la mort nostre tenaunt  YBB Ed II i 169
( 1489-90 )  puis le pleintiff happa l’obligacion par force de quel il ceo prist deux  Exchequer Chamber ii 146.13

v.intrans.

haper a, en
to snatch at, grab
( c.1299-1306 )  issi que jeo ne p[eu] haper a la destr[esse]  Casus Plac xcii
( 1314 )  en cas ou home poait happer en presentement  YBB Ed II xviii 194

v. absol.

chessgamesto take, capture
( s.xiii; MS: s.xiv1 )  Mes si le rey neyr si put haper Ke entre luy e soun adverser En mesme la ligne un soul poynt seyt, [...]  Eschez ANTS 31.207
( s.xiii; MS: s.xiv1 )  Kar si rey vermail sy haper put Ke soun poun ferce fut, Bien porreyt dunkes eschaper Ke soun adverser ne ly deyt mater  Eschez ANTS 43.1148

sbst. inf.

lawappropriation
( 1313-14 )  il fut seisi de soun tort demene par happir des chartres aprés la mort un J.  YBB Ed II vii 16

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See also:

ahaper  hapel 
This is an AND2 Phase 2 (F-H) entry. © 2006-2008 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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