Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-grípan; I

Definitions

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1 ge-grípan; I

add: to snatch from :-- Swá swá spearwa gegripen is (erepta est) of grine, Ps. Vos. 123, 7. III 2. add: Ðá strecan mód Godes ríce gegrípað (rapiunt, Mt. 11, 12), Hml. Th. i. 358, 26. ge-gripan

Similar Words

-gal
-gale (-a)
-galness
-gangendlic
-gealla

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚷᚱᛁᛈᚪᚾ; ᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Hml.: Homilies (Ælfric or other)
Mt.: Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
Ps.: Psalms (OE)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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