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atapir (1155)
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atapir (1155)

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estaper,  estapir  
  FEW:  *tappjan 17,308a Gdf:  atapir 1,464c GdfC: ∅ TL: atapir 1,622 / estapir 3,1361 DEAF:  tapin 1 (atapir)  / tapin 1 (estapir)  DMF:  atapir  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

v.intrans.

to hide: 
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Entre la gent vait atapisant  Gui War 10134
( MS: s.xiii1 )  lateant: (J) atapissent  Gloss Nequam1 241
( MS: s.xiii2 )  atapisaund: delitens  TLL i 367
♦to lie hidden, be concealed: 
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  le duz nuel ki atapist suz la dure escorce  Joshua Sermons ii 1
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Si dedens la sustance de la forcele u del piz atapist fer  A-N Med i 76

v.refl.

to hide away: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiiex )  Li hume de religiun [...] Ki s'aloent atapissant, De plusurs lieus viendrent avant  Brut WACE 13909
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Mes quant ce vient de melancolie […] se pleignent mult e atapissent et se metent as angles des maisons  A-N Med i 80
♦to lie hidden, be concealed: 
( 1163-70; MS: s.xiii2 )  Les os suz la char s’atapisent  S Edw barking 2413

p.p. as a.

(enforcing an insult) escaped, on the loose, unhinged: 
( MS: c.1200 )  Quant a lui parolent resun, Et il cum estapé (l. escapé?) bricun Respund, cum cil ki ad perdu Sun cors et est del sens issu  Amadas2 (G2) 70
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  Jason, mult estes mal bricon, Eschapé (var. (D: s.xivm) Estapi) (l. Escapi?) fols, nais musars  (ms. eschape fors mais musars), Trop par fetes maveis regars  Ipom BFR 867 (var.)

See also:

stapir  tapir1 
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