v. Obs. In early ME. copnien. [Implies an OE. copnian or copenian: cf. COPENER.] trans. To desire eagerly, long for.
a. 1225. St. Marher. (1862), 20. Cum nu leof to thi lif for ich copni thi cume.
a. 1225. Leg. Kath., 2378. Ich iseo Iesu Crist þe cleopeð me & copneð. Ibid., 2457. Þe wununge of euch wunne kepeð & copneð þi cume.
Copen, to buy: see COPE v.3
