molehill, mound of earth created by a burrowing mole:
(
c.1290;
MS: 1307-25
) les taupes [...] Ki funt taupaines
(M.E. moldewarpes) en pais
BIBB ROTH (G) 816
(
c.1290;
MS: s.xv1
) les taupes [...] Que font tapenes
(M.E. hilles) (var.
(5: s.xiv1/4) taupanes;
(C: s.xivin) taupaynes
) en pais
bibb MS (O) 344ra
(
s.xvin;
MS: s.xv1
) toutz les taulpes [...] Qe fount talpines en lez prés
(M.E. þat makeþ molhepes in þys mede))
Fem2 63.2
taupaine (c.1290)