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CÆPPE

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
CÆPPE, an; f.
A CAP, cape, cope, hood; cappa, pileus, cucullus, planeta
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  • Cæppe

    cappa,

      Wrt. Voc. 81, 67.
  • Cæppe planeta, Ælfc. Gl. 27; Som. 60, 114; Wrt. Voc. 25, 54: 81, 45, Gerénod cæppe

    an adorned hood;

    penula,
      Ælfc. Gl. 27; Som. 60, 115; Wrt. Voc. 25, 55.
Etymology
[Piers P. cope: Chauc. cappe, cope: Laym. cape, cope: Plat, kappe: Frs. kæpe: O. Frs. kappe: Dut. kap, f; Kil. kappe: Ger. M. H. Ger. kappe, f: O. H. Ger. kappa, f: Dan. kaabe, kappe, m. f: Swed. kappa, kápa. f: Icel. kápa, f: from M. Lat. cappa, 'quia capitis ornamentum est,' Isidorus.]
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v.  cappa.
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  • CÆPPE, n.