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† ˈbearleap, -lep(e
In 4–5 berlep(e, bere lepe, 7 beer-lip.
[f. ME. ber-en to bear + leap basket.]
A carrying basket.
1325–40Hampole Psalm lxxx. 6 His hend seruyd in ber⁓lepe, v.r. bere lepe [in cophino]. that is a vessel in the whilke the iwes bare mortere in egipt. c1375Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. I. 17 Þei gedriden seven berlepis of relief þat was left [Wyclif Mark viii. 8 has lepis, leepis]. 1677Plot Oxfordsh. 256 They draw a Cubb or Beerlip..up the middle of the mow or stack, and through the hole, that this leaves, the heat will ascend, and so prevent mow-burning.
Cf. also the following:
c1440Medulla Gramm., Sporta, a berynge lep. 1440Prom. Parv., Barlylepe, to kepe yn corne, Cumera [1499 Pynson's ed. has here Barlep; also elsewhere Beringe lepe Canistra]. 1500Ortus Vocab., Sporta, a bere lepe or basket. c1485Digby Myst. (1882) ii. 645 In a beryng baskett or a lepe. |
