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† reap-man Obs.
Forms: 1 hrip(p)emonn, 2 ripman, 4 ripeman, 4–5 repman, 5–6 repeman.
[OE. rip(p)e-, ripmann, f. ripp-, rip reap n.2]
A reaper.
c950Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. xiii. 30 In tid hripes ic willo cuoeða ðæm hrippe-monnum [etc.]. Ibid. 39 Ða hripemenn soðlice engles sindon. c1160Hatton Gosp. Matt. ix. 37 Witodlice mycel rip ys, & feawe ripmen. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) I. 11 Ruth..lase vp þe eeres after his ripe⁓men. c1400Solomon's Bk. Wisd. 246 Repmen forto bere mete sone he hym þider sent. 1426Lydg. De Guil. Pilgr. 10420 Thow semyst..A repman, for thyn vnkouth guyse. c1449Pecock Repr. iii. xvi. 383 Whanne money is paied to a repe man for his dai labour in the haruest feeld. 1566Withals Dict. 17 b, A repe man or he that repeth the corne. |