recoupee1 (s.xiii2)
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recoupee1 (s.xiii2)

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[ FEW: ∅; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF:  recopre / coup (recoupee); DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: 2685c recopia ]
recopé,  recopee,  recopeye,  recopie,  recoupé;  reucopeu,  reucoupé,  recopre (l. recopie?),  recuper  

The etymology of the term is unclear. The Latin cognate, recopia, is only attested from the fifteenth century, and is likely to derive from the Anglo-Norman term. The form suggests that the plant name may be related to recouper1 (‘to cut back, clip’).

s.

1bot.(bot.) devil’s bit scabious, perennial herb with blue or purple flowers: 
( s.xiii2; MS: c.1400 )  Morsus diaboli [...] gall[ice] recopre (l. recopie?) (var. recopee), a[nglic]e deve[le]sbite  121.2
( c.1300 )  Pur la fevre terteyne: Pernét la recopeye, si la beive, si garra  303.40
( MS: c.1300 )  Morsus diaboli: (A8) gallice recopé (var. (A9: c.1300) gallice reucoupé) (var. (C1: s.xv1/4) gallice recoupé ;  (C7: s.xv2) reucopeu;  (C37: s.xv) gallice recuper)  181
( MS: c.1340 )  Morsus demonis: (B2) .j. maner de recopé, gallice et anglice herbive  181
( MS: s.xv )  A ceo vaut recoupee  140.E268
( MS: s.xv2 )  Recopie: (C10) recopie, forbytene  220
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