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lope

[lohp] verb, loped, lop⋅ing, noun
–verb (used without object)
1. to move or run with bounding steps, as a quadruped, or with a long, easy stride, as a person.
2. to canter leisurely with a rather long, easy stride, as a horse.
–verb (used with object)
3. to cause to lope, as a horse.
–noun
4. the act or the gait of loping.
5. a long, easy stride.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < D lopen to run, c. OE hlēapan to leap
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lope   (lōp)   
intr.v.   loped, lop·ing, lopes
To run or ride with a steady, easy gait.
n.  A steady, easy gait.

[Middle English lopen, to leap, from Old Norse hlaupa.]
lop'er n.
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Word Origin & History

lope 
"to run with long strides," c.1825; earlier "to leap, jump, spring" (1483), from O.N. hlaupa "to run, leap," from same Gmc. root as leap and gallop.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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