| 释义 |
torple, turple, v. Obs. exc. dial.
[Early ME.: origin obscure. Cf. topple v. and torfle.]
†1. intr. To fall, tumble; = topple v. 1. Obs.
a1225Ancr. R. 266 Ant, ȝif a miracle nere..heo hefde iturpled [v.r. torplet] mid him, boðe hors & lode, adun into helle grunde. Ibid. 322 Mid al þet schendlac, þu schalt trussen & al torplen into helle. Ibid. 324.
2. Of an animal; To die; = torfle. dial.
1876Mid-Yorksh. Gloss., Torple,..Turple,..Torfle,..or Turfle, v.n., to die. The term is only used in connection with animals. |