[UP- 4. Cf. OE. uphléapende pres. pple. and WFris. opljeappe, Du. oploopen, MSw. and Sw. upplöpa, MDa. and Da. opløbe, G. auflaufen.] intr. To leap or spring up or upwards.

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c. 1205.  Lay., 1882. Ofte heo up lupan [c. 1275 vp leopen], alse heo fleon wolden.

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a. 1300.  Cursor M., 5193. Israel wit þis vplepp Þat moght noght forwit strid a step.

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c. 1350.  Will. Palerne, 3283. Þe stede … vp-leped, & faire wiþ his fore fet kneled doun to grounde.

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a. 1560.  Phaër, Æneid, IX. (1562), Ffi. The wyld seas meeting mixe, and darkning skyes vpleapes ye sands.

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1600.  Fairfax, Tasso, III. xlix. But now Rinaldo from the earth vp lept.

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1805.  Wordsw., Prelude, V. 441. And, now and then, a fish up-leaping snapped The breathless stillness.

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1888.  R. Buchanan, City of Dream, VIII. 152. The sable steed upleapt And bounded on.

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