trepeiller (c.1185)
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trepeiller (c.1185)

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trepeler,  trepeiler,  trepeler,  trepeller,  trepilier;  trespiler;  tripler,  trippeler  

v.n.

1to shake, jump: 
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  I. d'ire trepeille  1659
2fowlto lay: 
( c.1250; MS: s.xv1 )  Quant gelyne [...] de tripler (M.E. brede) fait sa noise  (O) 333vb
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  Gelyne ad trepelé (M.E. hachut)  851
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