Etymology of neap

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Source etymology 1

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noun

The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals.

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Perhaps of Scandinavian origin: compare dialectal Norwegian neip (“forked pole”).

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗

noun

A neap tide.

verb

To trap (a ship) in water too shallow to move, due to the smaller tidal range occurring in a period of neap tides. · To ooze, to sink, to subside, to tail.

adj

Low; lowest; the ebb or lowest point of a tide. · Designating a tide which occurs just after the first and third quarters of the moon, when there is the least difference between high tide and low tide.

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From Middle English neep, from Old English nēp (“scant, lacking”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *nōpiz (“narrow”). Found especially in Old English nēpflōd (“neap tide”, literally “low tide”). Compare Norwegian dialectal nøpen (“scarce, scant, barely enough”).

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Inherited-form mentionneepenm
Inherited-form mentionnēpang
Inherited-form mention*nōpizgem-pro

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