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tapin (c.1170)

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tapin (c.1170)

thapin  
  FEW:  *tappjan 17,307b Gdf:  tapin 7,644a GdfC: TL: tapin 2 10,101 DEAF:  tapin 1  DMF:  tapin  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

a.

in disguise
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex ) Ne me conoissez pas [...], Kar joe sui cunree cumme tafor tapin  3690
s’en fuir tapin
to flee, go into hiding
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex ) (during battle:) Mut i sunt mal mené, tuit s'en fuient tapin  1692

s.

one who is in disguise
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex ) Ne semble ke seiez ne tafur ne tapin  3970
a, en tapin
1secretly, stealthily
( s.xii2; MS: s.xiiex ) E David levad priveement e en tapin vint la u li reis fud  52.5
( c.1185; MS: s.xiii1/3 ) Congé m'ad doné Latins De l'eissir si a tapins Que vus de ço mot ne savez  10544
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim ) Tholomeu s'en veit a tapin Od le hernés a la cité, Asez se sunt tut bien celé  7784
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiii4/4 ) En povre habit hors de chemin S'en vait ceste dame a tapin  1520
2in disguise
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex ) cest paumer pelerin [...]; Malement li avient qu'il vet si en tapin  4062

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See also:

tapie1  tapinage  tapiner1  tapir1  tapisance  tapison  tapissantment 
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