1musicto play a pipe, flute or similar wind instrument:
(
a.1399;
MS: a.1399
)
(the minstrels) comencerount de trumper et de naker et piper
Anon Chr1 103.1
2mammalssoundzool.to squeak, emit a high-pitched sound (like a mouse):
(
c.1165;
MS: s.xiii2
)
La suriz pipe en aut e crie Que quida tut estre perie. Un escufle i vient roant, Vit la suriz ki veit pipant [...]
MARIE Fables 60.71 and 74
(
1212;
MS: 1212-13
)
(The Devil) Quant chat fut donc meaunonot, [...] Si baeillot quant ert berbiz, E pippot quant se feinst souriz
Dial Greg SATF 8514
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orn.soundzool.to chirp, squeak:
(
MS: s.xiiiex
)
Ore parlerai de la pepie. En la launge li
(=a bird) solt venir, Piper li fet e mult fremir
A-N Falconry 71.670
piper2 (c.1165)