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† ˈoliprance Obs. exc. dial.
Also 4–6 oly-, 4 -praunce.
[Origin unknown. No similar word is known in continental Fr.]
? Pride, vanity, ostentation; in later use ? splendour, merry-making, jollity. b. ‘Rude, boisterous merriment’; a romp. dial.
1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 4581 Pryde..Of ryche atyre ys here auaunce, Prykyng here hors wyþ olypraunce [Fr. Lur orprance mustre al oyl]. Ibid. 4695 Hem were leuer here of a daunce, Of bost, ande of olypraunce, Þan any gode of God of heuene [Fr. De pechier dunent enchesun, Seur seiez, li fol bricun]. 13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 1349 In pryde & olipraunce his empyre he haldes. a1500Peebles to Play x, Then thai to the taverne hous, With meikle olyprance. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. III. 552 Sone efter this with mekle oliprance Ane greit ambaxat send wes out of France. 17..Percy in Pinkerton Sel. Sc. Ball. (1783) II. 168 Oly-prance, is a word still used by the vulgar in Northamptonshire, for rude rustic jollity. Olyprancing doings are strange, disorderly, inordinate sportings formerly used in Pilgrimages. 1790Grose Prov. Gloss. (ed. 2), Oly-prance, oly-prancing doings, rude, boisterous merriment, a romping-match, Northamptonsh. 1850A. E. Baker Northamptonsh. Gloss. s.v., When a party of young people go out gipsying or gathering violets, and..have had a day of great enjoyment, they will return home and say ‘We've had a nice oly prance’. |