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under-creópan

  • verb [ strong ]
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to enter surreptitiously; surrepere
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  • Ða wæs ðæs wítegan cnapa mid gítsunge undercropen

    avarice crept into the heart of the prophet's servant,

    • Homl. Th. i. 400, 16.
  • Ðæt ne feónd ús undercreópe (

    but the Latin is

    subripiat),
    • Hymn. Surt. 12, 28.
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  • under-creópan, v.