Where does keepen come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

keepen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"[T]hey keepen all the path."
"Mispeake not al, for his amisse, there bin that keepen flocks, That never chose but once, nor yet beguiled love with mockes."
"They keepen therefore ſilence in their Flight, Till they haue ſcap'd that mountaine in the night."

From Middle English kepen, equivalent to keep + -en.

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