† belap, v. Obs.
(bɪˈlæp)
[f. be- 1 + lap.]
trans. To lap about, clasp, enfold, envelop; to environ, surround. Chiefly in pa. pple. beˈlapped.
| c 1200 Ormin 14267 All Bilokenn & bilappedd Inn all þatt boc. a 1225 Ancr. R. 100 Hit is bilepped & bihud. ? c 1330 Amis & Amil. 1014 He seighe Sir Amis..Bilapped among his fon. 1494 Dives & Paup. (W. de W.) iv. xxiii. 189/2 Her good angell..belapped her with so grete lyght that ther myght no man loke upon her. a 1529 Skelton Col. Cloute 312 In purple & paule belapped. 1562 A. Scot Poems, This belappit body here. |