leep
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English[edit]
Verb[edit]
leep
- Obsolete form of leap.
- Ye mountains, that ye did leep like rams; and ye hills, like lambs of the flock.
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Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
leep (comparative leper, superlative leepst)
Inflection[edit]
Declension of leep | ||||
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uninflected | leep | |||
inflected | lepe | |||
comparative | leper | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | leep | leper | het leepst het leepste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | lepe | lepere | leepste |
n. sing. | leep | leper | leepste | |
plural | lepe | lepere | leepste | |
definite | lepe | lepere | leepste | |
partitive | leeps | lepers | — |
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Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old English hleapan; see leap.
Verb[edit]
leep
- leap
- 1481, William Caxton, The Historye of Reynard the Foxe:
- the dogges haue be sette on hym and haue hunted hym away / And ones they leep on hym vpon the banke
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Etymology 2[edit]
See leap.
Noun[edit]
leep (plural leepes)
- Alternative form of lep
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