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rapiner (1212)
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rapiner (1212)

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  FEW:  rapina 10,68a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  rapiner 10,482a TL: rapiner 8,294 DEAF:  rapine (rapiner)  DMF:  rapiner  TLF:  rapiner  OED:  rapine v.  MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

The variant manuscript reading rampenanz in Ancren2 is most likely an erroneous amalgamation of rapinant and rampant, i.e. ‘rearing, raising the front paws’, see ramper.

v.intrans.

(of a river or current) to rush with great force or violence: 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Car un pont i vit [...] Haut, tenebrous, roiste e estreit, Par souz luquel vit rapinant Un fleve a desmesure grant  Dial Greg SATF 17707
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  E por ço vit tant rapinant Lu fleve qui tant fu puant  Dial Greg SATF 17971

p.pr. as a.

zool.(of animals) ravening, rapacious, bloodthirsty: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  le rapinanz (var. (BN: s.xivin) li rampenanz) chat de enfern getast onkes la poue vers lui cruelement e ordement  Ancren2 202.21

[gdw]

See also:

rap1  raper1  rapine  ravenous  ravine1  raviner1  ravinier  ravir  raviser2  ravissable  ravissance  ravissement  ravissur 
This is an AND2 Phase 5 (R-S) entry. © 2018-21 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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