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Thread #18743   Message #190669
Posted By: Snuffy
06-Mar-00 - 07:05 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Warrington Fair, with translation
Subject: RE: Warrington Fair: FAO BruceO
In the OED lope/loup are given as variants of leap, and loppen could be the past participle of lope (I lope, I loped, I have loppen). Lope also means to run, or run away, and is related to modern German laufen and I think Dutch also has loopen, both of which are the normal words for "run"