"loppe" meaning in Old English

See loppe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈlop.pe/
Etymology: Sense of "spider, silkworm" from Proto-Germanic *lubbō, *lubbǭ (“that which hangs or dangles”), from Proto-Indo-European *lep- (“to peel, skin”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian lobbe (“hanging lump of flesh”), Middle Low German lobbe and Middle Dutch lobbe (“dangling part”), Dutch lob (“hanging lip, ruffle or sleeve”). More at lobe. Sense of "flea" from Proto-Germanic *luppǭ (“flea, sandflea”, originally “jumper”), from Proto-Germanic *luppijaną (“to jump, dart”). Cognate with Danish loppe (“flea”), Swedish loppa (“flea”), Middle High German lüpfen, lupfen (“to release and raise aloft, move quickly”). Etymology templates: {{der|ang|gem-pro|*lubbō}} Proto-Germanic *lubbō, {{der|ang|ine-pro|*lep-||to peel, skin}} Proto-Indo-European *lep- (“to peel, skin”), {{cog|stq|lobbe||hanging lump of flesh}} Saterland Frisian lobbe (“hanging lump of flesh”), {{cog|gml|lobbe}} Middle Low German lobbe, {{cog|dum|lobbe||dangling part}} Middle Dutch lobbe (“dangling part”), {{cog|nl|lob||hanging lip, ruffle or sleeve}} Dutch lob (“hanging lip, ruffle or sleeve”), {{der|ang|gem-pro|*luppǭ||flea, sandflea”, originally “jumper}} Proto-Germanic *luppǭ (“flea, sandflea”, originally “jumper”), {{der|ang|gem-pro|*luppijaną||to jump, dart}} Proto-Germanic *luppijaną (“to jump, dart”), {{cog|da|loppe||flea}} Danish loppe (“flea”), {{cog|sv|loppa||flea}} Swedish loppa (“flea”), {{cog|gmh|lüpfen}} Middle High German lüpfen Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|head2=|sort=}} loppe f, {{ang-noun|f}} loppe f Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-n-f|lopp}}, {{ang-decl-noun|loppe|loppan|loppan|loppan|loppan|loppena|loppan|loppum|num=|title=|type=weak feminine (n-stem)}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], loppe [nominative, singular], loppan [nominative, plural], loppan [accusative, singular], loppan [accusative, plural], loppan [genitive, singular], loppena [genitive, plural], loppan [dative, singular], loppum [dative, plural], lobbe [alternative]
  1. spider (perhaps also flea) Tags: feminine Categories (lifeform): Insects, Spiders
    Sense id: en-loppe-ang-noun-3-E~1YrK Disambiguation of Insects: 50 50 Disambiguation of Spiders: 88 12
  2. silkworm Tags: feminine Categories (lifeform): Insects
    Sense id: en-loppe-ang-noun-9me3zrNp Disambiguation of Insects: 50 50

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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