† wlappe, v. Obs.
[app. blending of lappe, lap v.2 with wrap v.]
trans. To wrap. Also fig.
| c 1380 Wyclif Wks. (1880) 97 Comunly þei ben..wlappid in pride. Ibid. 123 Siche on is a dede careyne gon out or his sepulcre wlappid with cloþis of mornynge. 1382 ― Matt. xxvii. 59. 1388 ― 2 Tim. ii. 4 No man holdinge knyȝthod to God, wlappith [1382 inwlappith] hym silf with worldli nedis. c 1449 Pecock Repr. iii. v. 306 [Comm. 2 Tim. ii. 4: see prec. quot.] Forwhi grete lordis han lasse nede forto wlappe hem silf in worldli nedis. [1829 J. Hunter Hallamshire Gloss. s.v., 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.] |