Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- etc., n. Obsolete forms of
weapon .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Weapon.
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Examples
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And there besyde ben 4 pileres of ston, that alle weys droppen watre: and sum men seyn, that thei wepen for our Lordes dethe.
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And there besyde ben 4 pileres of ston, that alle weys droppen watre: and sum men seyn, that thei wepen for our Lordes dethe.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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And yf it were possyble for me to dye an C tymes, I had leuer to dye so ofte, than yelde me to the, for though I lacke wepen, I shalle lacke no worship.
A History of English Prose Fiction Bayard Tuckerman
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And there besyde ben 4 pileres of ston, that alle weys droppen watre: and sum men seyn, that thei wepen for our Lordes dethe.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I Richard Hakluyt 1584
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Nu bi {} gon paul to wepen wunderliche. ⁊ mihhal heh engel þer weop forð mid him. þa co {m} ure drihten of heueneriche to {55} heo {m} on {þ} unres liche ⁊ þus cweð.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Ðat ich wile þat ðu wel be iwarned. {ȝ} if godd ðe ȝifð þese swete teares þat non win in ðare world nis swa swete. ⁊ alswa alswa man to michel mai drinken of ðare wine alswa mai ðe mann to michel wepen. þeih hie swete bien. ⁊ for ði þe is god {105} þ̵ þu beseke at gode one mihte. ðe hatte _discrecio_. þat is [f.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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