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ˈdive-dap, -dop Obs. exc. dial. Forms: 1 dufedoppa, 3 douedoppe(n, 4 dyuedap, deuedep, 6 dyuendop, 9 dial. dive dop, dive an' dop. [OE. dufedoppa, f. dúfan to dive, duck + doppa, agent-n. f. ablaut stem déop-, déap-, dup- (dop-) to dip: cf. dop-enid dipping-duck, coot, dop-fugel dipping-fowl, diver; also the derivative vb. doppettan to dip often. The first element appears to have been changed to dyve- when the strong form of the vb. became obsolete: see dive. Some later forms are due to ‘popular etymology’.] = next.
a1000Lamb. Ps. ci[i]. 6 (Bosw.) Gelic ᵹeworden ic eom niht-hræfne oððe dufedoppan westennes. c1290S.E. Leg. I. 452/127 He saiȝh douedoppene fisches cachche. 1382Wyclif Lev. xi. 17 An owle, and a deuedep [1388 dippere; Vulg. mergulum.] ― Deut. xiv. 17 Vnclene [briddis] eete ȝe not, that is,.. a dyuedap, a pellican, and a nyȝt crowe. a1529Skelton Phyllyp Sparowe 450 With the wilde mallarde; The dyuendop to slepe. 1885Swainson Prov. Names Brit. Birds 216 Divedapper or Divedop (Lincolnsh.)..Dive an' dop (Norfolk). |