† wlappev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To wrap. Also figurative.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)]
bewindOE
writheOE
windc1175
bewrap?c1225
lapa1300
umbelaya1300
umbeweave1338
wlappec1380
enwrapa1382
wrapa1382
inlap1382
envelop1386
forwrapc1386
hapc1390
umbeclapa1400
umbethonrea1400
umblaya1400
wapc1420
biwlappea1425
revolve?a1425
to roll up?a1425
roll?c1425
to roll ina1475
wimple1513
to wind up?1533
invest1548
circumvolve1607
awrap1609
weave1620
sheet1621
obvolve1623
embowdle1625
amict1657
wry1674
woold1775
overwrap1815
wrapper1885
wrapper1905
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c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 97 Comunly þei ben..wlappid in pride.
c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 123 Siche on is a dede careyne gon out or his sepulcre wlappid with cloþis of mornynge.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xxvii. 59 The body taken, Joseph wlappide [a1425 L.V. lappide] it in a clene sendel.
1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) 2 Tim. ii. 4 No man holdinge knyȝthod to God, wlappith [1382 inwlappith] hym silf with worldli nedis.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 306 Forwhi grete lordis han lasse nede forto wlappe hem silf in worldli nedis.
1829 J. Hunter Hallamshire Gloss. (at cited word) In wlapping there is more of folding over, placing one layer over another, than in wrapping. We wrap up any thing in a silk handkerchief: the laundress wlaps up the shirt which she has ironed.]
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