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wóp

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
wóp, es; m.
a whoop, cry.
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v. here-wóp.
mostly a cry of grief, wailing, lamentation, weeping
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  • Hlúde swégde ðæra muneca wóp on Marlines deáðe,

      Homl. Th. ii. 518, 16.

  • Wóp (fletus) and tóþa gristbítung,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 8, 12
      • :
    • 13, 42.

  • Wóm and wóp,

    • Cd. Th. 285, 2
      • ;
    • Sat. 333.

  • Nis nǽnig wóp ne nǽnig heáf gehýred,

    • Blickl. Homl. 85, 28
      • :
    • Exon. Th. 164, 32
      • ;
    • Gú. 1020.

  • Hreám and wóp,

      Blickl. Homl. 115, 15.

  • Dara cirm and wóp tó mé ástáh,

      249, 7.

  • Ne sorg ne wóp,

    • 103, 36
      • :
    • Exon. Th. 201, 4
      • ;
    • Ph. 51.

  • Hlúd wóp,

    • 62, 9
      • ;
    • Cri. 999.

  • Wæs wóp up áhafen, atol ǽfenleóð,

    • Cd. Th. 190, 17
      • ;
    • Exod. 200
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 257
      • ;
    • B. 128.

  • Wóp, hlúd heriges cyrm,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2311
      • ;
    • An. 1157.

  • Ða gesíðas, wóp and hleahtor,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 695
      • ;
    • Sal. 347.

  • Coragium, i. virginale fumis vel wóp,

      Wülck. Gl. 213, 33.

  • Eall ðæt folc hyne weóp hundseofontig daga. Ðá ðæs wópes dagas ágáne wǽron

    (expleto planctus tempore),

      Gen. 50, 4.

  • On wópe and on unrótnesse hé leofaþ,

      Blickl. Homl. 59, 36.

  • Mid swíðlíce heáfe and wópe

    luctu,

    • Ors. 4, 5
      • ;
    • Swt. 166, 12.

  • Wópe cwíðan,

    • Cd. Th. 61, 13
      • ;
    • Gen. 996.

  • Wópe besingan,

    • Exon. Th. 139, 3
      • ;
    • Gú. 517.

  • Wópe bimǽnan,

    • 459, 24
      • ;
    • Hö. 4.

  • Wópe bewunden,

    • Beo. Th. 6283
      • ;
    • B: 3146.

  • Wópe gewǽged, wreccea giómor

    flebilis,

      Met. 2, 3.

  • Ðara ðe wóp gehýrdon galan Godes andsacan, sár wánigean,

    • Beo. Th. 1575
      • ;
    • B. 785.

  • Wóp dreógan,

    • Exon. Th. 140, 10
      • ;
    • Gú. 608.

  • Wóp þrowian, heáf under heofonum,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 934
      • !
    • Sal. 466.

  • Ðurh fæsten and ðurh wópas (fletus) and ðurh gebedo,

    • Bd. 4, 25
      • ;
    • S. 599, 25.
where shedding of tears is referred to
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  • Ús wópe forcynienum, bitrum bryneteárum,

    • Exon. Th. 10, 13
      • ;
    • Cri. 151.

  • Mid myclum wópe (cf. wépende wéregum teárum,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 117
      • ;
    • An. 59
    ),

      Blickl. Homl. 229, 19.

  • Ne réce ðú ná weámódes wífes worda, for ðam heó wile oft mid wópe geswigian (be silent and burst into tears),

      Prov. Kmbl. 48.

  • Se wæs ðurh micelne wóp áblend,

      Homl. Th. i. 420, 31.
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See wópes hring under hring.
Etymology
[
Hæleð ðe iherde ðesne weop,
    Laym. 11991.
Muchel wes þa wop (wepinge,
    2nd MS.
),
    5970.
Cullfren sang iss lie wiþþ wop,
    Orm. 7931.
His moderes wop (ream. v. l.), and þe oðres Maries, ꝥ melten al of teares,
  • A. R. 100, 15
    • :
  • Kath. 2332
    • :
  • R. Glouc. 34, 15.
þer is wop and grindinge of teþ Ayenb.
    265, 5.
O. Sax. wóp
:
O. H. Ger. wuof fletus, luctus, ploratus, planctus, gemitus.
]
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v. feld-, here-wop.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “wóp.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/36453.

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