n.
WA wapp
'blow' (Modern English wap)
PGmc Ancestor
(1) *wap-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
vappa (v.) ‘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
Mainly N and alliterative, with a handful of exceptions (inc. a1450(c1400) Wor.Serm.(Wor F.10), (1469) Paston).
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Gaw 2249; Pat 499; WA 3040, 4142, 5318