atwappe

v.

Gaw past sg. atwapped

'escaped'

(Modern English atwape, atwappe)

Etymology

Probably OE æt + wapped.

PGmc Ancestor

(1) *wap-

Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)

vappa ‘to waddle’ 
(ONP (1) vappa (vb.))

Other Scandinavian Reflexes

(1) Far vappa, Icel vappa, Dan dial vappe, Sw dial vapp

OE Cognate

Phonological and morphological markers

Summary category

DD1c

Attestation

Only attested in Gaw and Cl.

Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus

Gaw 1167; Cl 1205

On the sense in Cl, see further Anderson 1205n.

Bibliography

MED atwap(p)en (v.) , OED atwape, atwappe (v.) , HTOED , Dance atwapped