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clop (1163-70)
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clop (1163-70)

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cloppe,  cloup  (clap,  clappe)  
  FEW:  cloppus 2/i,794b Gdf:  clop 2,159b GdfC: ∅ TL: clop 2,498 DEAF:  clop  DMF:  clop  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

a.

1limping or walking with difficulty (because of injury, age, disability etc.): 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  il est vieill u est clop u il est mahaigné  Horn 1942
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  li enfes chaid e clops en devint par le chair  Liv Reis1 68
( MS: s.xiii )  claudus: clop  Gloss Garland 166
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  chescun homme qe fust clop o oceous  BOZ Cont 86
( s.xivin; MS: s.xiv2/4 )  un bier ert clop, qe du ventre de sa mere clocha  Actes (B) 210c
♦clumsy, inept: 
( c.1215; MS: 1330-40 )  De bien sailir ne fu nul (= devil) clop  Purg S Pat second anon 332
2 name (used as a surname): 
( 1206 )  Simon Cloppe  Family Names Clapp
( 1327 )  John Clap  Family Names Clapp
( 1333 )  Roger Clappe  Family Names Clapp

s.

1one who limps or walks with difficulty (because of injury, age, disability etc.): 
( 1163-70; MS: s.xiii2 )  il poeit enferms saner E clops e cuntreiz faire aler  S Edw barking 3278
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiii1 )  (J.C. will marry) Nees la clope e la boçue  Female Religious 17
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  un eveugle et un cloup vindrent a li […] priantz de li santee  TREVET Cron1 135.7
2 name (used as a surname): 
( 1222 )  Godard le Clop  Family Names Clapp

See also:

cloper 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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