v. Obs. [app. blending of lappe, LAP v.2 with WRAP v.] trans. To wrap. Also fig.
c. 1380. Wyclif, Wks. (1880), 97. Comunly þei ben … wlappid in pride. Ibid., 123. Siche on is a dede careyne gon out or his sepulcre wlappid with cloþis of mornynge. Ibid. (1382), Matt. xxvii. 59. Ibid. (1388), 2 Tim. ii. 4. No man holdinge knyȝthod to God, wlappith [1382 inwlappith] hym silf with worldli nedis.
c. 1449. Pecock, Repr., III. v. 306 [Comm. 2 Tim. ii. 4: see prec. quot.]. Forwhi grete lordis han lasse nede forto wlappe hem silf in worldli nedis.
[1829. J. Hunter, Hallamshire Gloss., s.v., In wlapping there is more of folding over, placing one layer over another, than in wrapping. We wrap up any thing in a silk handkerchief: the laundress wlaps up the shirt which she has ironed.]
