"leap" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /læ͜ɑːp/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *laup, from Proto-Germanic *laupaz (“container, basket”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-, *lewb- (“to peel, break off, damage”), from Proto-Indo-European *lew-, *lewH- (“to cut, divide, separate, release”). Cognate with Old Frisian lēpen (“vessel, grain measure”), Middle Low German lôp and lö̂pen (“measuring vessel, small bushel, grain measure”), Old Norse laupr (“basket”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*laup}} Proto-West Germanic *laup, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*laupaz|t=container, basket}} Proto-Germanic *laupaz (“container, basket”), {{der|ang|ine-pro|*lewbʰ-}} Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-, {{der|ang|ine-pro|*lew-}} Proto-Indo-European *lew-, {{cog|ofs|lēpen|t=vessel, grain measure}} Old Frisian lēpen (“vessel, grain measure”), {{cog|gml|lôp}} Middle Low German lôp, {{cog|non|laupr|t=basket}} Old Norse laupr (“basket”) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=lēap|head2=|sort=}} lēap m, {{ang-noun|m|head=lēap}} lēap m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|lēap}}, {{ang-decl-noun|lēap|lēapas|lēap|lēapas|lēapes|lēapa|lēape|lēapum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: lēap [canonical, masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], lēap [nominative, singular], lēapas [nominative, plural], lēap [accusative, singular], lēapas [accusative, plural], lēapes [genitive, singular], lēapa [genitive, plural], lēape [dative, singular], lēapum [dative, plural]
  1. basket
    Sense id: en-leap-ang-noun--nbZmtlX
  2. container, vessel
    Sense id: en-leap-ang-noun-RYgUzOBu
  3. (measurement) basketful
    Sense id: en-leap-ang-noun-4jVzWkgm Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 4 6 6 12 7 3 2 2 9 4 7 4 0 3 3 3 3 0 0 14 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 3 7 7 18 4 3 1 1 8 2 6 2 1 3 3 3 4 1 1 15 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 9 9 14 3 2 1 1 6 2 8 2 1 2 2 2 3 1 1 20 10
  4. a weel for catching fish; weely
    Sense id: en-leap-ang-noun-4H81ITAJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: sǣdlēap Related terms: loft, lyft
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