aglopened

adj., v. (pp.)

'frightened' (Modern English )

Etymology

A prefixed v./pp. formed on the stem of *glopnyng.

PGmc Ancestor

*glop(n)-

Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)

cp. glúpna ‘to look downcast, let the countenance fall, as one about to cry’
(ONP cp. glúpna (vb.))

Other Scandinavian Reflexes

OE Cognate

Phonological and morphological markers

Summary category

D1c

Attestation

This is the only recorded appearance of the prefixed form.

Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus

WA 874

Bibliography

MED aglopned (ppl.), OED agloppened (adj.), EDD gloppen (v. and adj.), Dance *glopnyng, Bj. 241, de Vries glúpna, Mag. gleypa; glopa; glúpna, Torp NnEO glop, Orel *ʒlūpnōjanan, Kroonen *glupp/bōn-