See Also: Hanseatic League(encyclopedia)
Hanseatic League, the(dictionary)
lope(medicine)
lope(dictionary)
lope(1)(dictionary)
Hanseatic(dictionary)
lope(2)(dictionary)
Vega, Lope de(encyclopedia)
Hanseatic City of Lubeck(tourism)
Hanseatic Town of Visby(tourism)

Hanseatic League, the (oh) and lope(2) (iou)


Hanseatic League, the (oh)



a trade organization of German towns, which existed from the 13th to the 17th centuries to protect each Other against competition from abroad. Bremen, Hamburg, and L¨¹beck are still known as Hanseatic cities.

lope(2) (iou)



lope verb intrans. ME.
[Var. of LOUP verb.]
Leap, jump, spring, (about). obsolete exc. dial. ME.
Run (away). Now only slang & dial. LME.
Run with a long bounding stride. (Foll. by along, away.) E19.
V. Woolf As I lay in the grass a hare loped past me. H. Williamson He went for long runs, loping along.