v.
‘hastens, hurries (reflex.)’ (Modern English rape)
PGmc Ancestor
*xrapōjan-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
hrapa ‘to fall, tumble down; rush headlong, hurry’
(ONP hrapa (vb.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Far rapa, Icel hrapa, Norw rapa, OSw rapa
OE Cognate
Phonological and morphological markers
Summary category
B2a
Fairly widespread in ME from the early 14c. (inc. Gower and Lydgate), but esp. characteristic of alliterative verse.
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Gaw 1309, 1903