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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Hap, v.¹ [Northern and midl. ME. happe, hap (a 1300), Of unknown derivation.] tr. To cover over or up; esp., to cover or wrap (a person), with clothing etc., against the cold or weather; to tuck up (in bed). Also fig.(1) a1400 Leg. S. xxv. 437.
He mad a bed & bare hyme til, & happyt hyme ful tendirly c1420 Wynt. iii. 93 (W).
Scho … happit [R. coweryd] him syne and gert him ly Wnder a carpit prevely a1500 Henr. Fab. 1284.
In to ane coif he crap Fra sair wedder and frostis him to hap c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxi. 22.
With ane new hous I wald be happit, Aganis this Crysthinmes for the cald 1528 Lynd. Dreme 134.
With my hude my hede I happit warme c1550 Id. Meldrum 992.
He hes hir happit Full softlie vp intill his bed c1550 Rolland Ct. Venus i. 399.
With hir awin hand scho happis me quhair I ly 1570 Sat. P. xv. 15.
Ȝe baselik and jonet flouris. … hap ȝow with schouris Of hailstaines, snaw and sleit 1640 Kirkcaldy Presb. 158.
He answered, he had suffered more cold befoir, and she said to him she should happ him the betterfig. 1596 Dalr. II. 354/31.
Quhilke furious flame, althoch our gentlemen happit it … with asse in a maner [etc.] Ib. 466/7.
Opiniounis … , happit al and coloured with fair wourdis(2) a1500 Prestis of Peblis 1306.
Quhair is thy … goun and hude had wont thé for to hap? c1552 Lynd. Mon. 4717.
The vicare moist haue one of tho [cows] With the gray cloke that happis the bed