† forloppinadj.
Scottish. Obsolete.
Fugitive, runaway, vagabond.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [adjective] > running away > having run away
fugitive1467
forloppin?a1513
runaway1548
runagate1653
absconded1735
decamped1887
a1513 W. Dunbar Ballat Abbot of Tungland in Poems (1998) I. 56 Me thocht a Turk of Tartary Come out of the land of Barbary And lay forloppin in Lumbardy.
?a1600 ( R. Sempill Legend Bischop St. Androis in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlv. 352 Ane fals, forloppen, fenyeit freir.
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