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† yepe, a. (n.) Obs.
Forms: 1 ᵹeap, (ᵹep), 3 ȝeap, ȝæp, ȝiap, ȝiep, 3–5 ȝep, (4 ȝhepe, ȝeep, yeepe, 6 epe), 4–5 ȝepe, yepe. See also yap a.
[OE. ᵹéap open, wide, spacious, curved, crooked, vaulted, crafty, astute; repr. OTeut. root gaup-, and prob. related to ON. gaupn hollow made by both hands held together, hollow of the foot, two-hands-ful, etc. (cf. geypna to encompass): see gowpen and yepsen.]
1. Cunning, crafty, sly, wily.
c1000ælfric Gen. iii. 1 Seo næddre wæs ᵹeappre þonne ealle þa oðre nytenu. c1000Life St. Neot in Cockayne Shrine (1864) 14 An fox þe is ᵹeapest ealra deora. a1225Ancr. R. 280 Þe ȝeape wrastlare nimeð ȝeme hwat turn his fere ne cunne nout, þet he mid wrastleð. Ibid. 362 Þeos ȝeape children þet habbeð riche uederes,..tetereð hore cloðes forto habben neowe.
2. Prudent, wise, sagacious, shrewd, astute.
c1000Sax. Leechd. III. 184 Cild acenned wis, milde, ᵹeap, ᵹesæliᵹ. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 193 Beð ȝiepe, and warre, and wakieð. c1205Lay. 7581 Julius Cesar He wes ȝep and swuðe i-wær. a1300Cursor M. 5370 A wis man es þi sun ioseph, In al egypti es nan sa yepe [MS. Gött. ȝep]. c1400Laud Troy Bk. 3812 That we sende oure Messager, Wise and ȝepe. c1485Digby Myst. iv. 724 Iohn, your cosyn, most virtuus & ȝepe.
3. Active, nimble, brisk, alert; bold, daring.
c1205Lay. 21503 Cheorles ful ȝepe Mid clubben swiðe græte. 13..Guy Warw. (A.) 3983 Gij to aseylen þai wer ȝep. 13..Sir Beues (A.) 88 Maseger, be ȝep and snel. 13..Gosp. Nicod. (A.) 1796 Þai lay in droupand drede And non so ȝhepe a worde to ȝelle. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xi. 17 Þow art ȝonge and ȝepe and hast ȝeres ynowe, Forto lyue longe. c1400Destr. Troy 11265 Þai kepyn the cloyse of this clene burgh, With ȝep men at þe yatis ȝarkit full þik. c1515Scottish Field 491 (Chetham Misc. II.) And of Yorkshire a yong knight, that epe was of deedes.
B. absol. as n.
a1225Ancr. R. 66 Kumeð þe coue [MS. T. cumes te ȝeape] anonriht & reueð hire hire eiren. 13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 796 For aungels hit wern, & þat þe ȝep vnder-ȝede þat in þe ȝate syttez. c1400Destr. Troy 13231 With-in a yere..þat yepe was with child.
Hence † yephede [-head], † yepleȝȝc [-laik], † yepship [-ship], cunning; astuteness, sagacity.
c1000ælfric Josh. ix. 16 Eall heora ᵹeapscipe wearð ameldod Israhela bearnum. c1200Ormin 2523 Ȝho wass, wiss to fulle soþ, All full..Off soþ clænleȝȝc, off god ȝæpleȝȝc. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 193 Þe apostel..muneȝeð us to þrie þinges, On is ȝiepshipe, þat oðer is wakienge, þe þridde is bede. Ibid. 195 He notede þe naddre ȝiapshipe. c1205Lay. 2760 Heo færden mid ȝeapscipe & mid wisdome. a1250Owl & Night. 683 (Jesus MS.) Þanne erest cumeþ his yephede Hwenne hit is alremest on drede. |