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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-grippan

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1 ge-grippan

p. de. I. to lay hold of, obtain, acquire:--Folc ðín frófro lífes deádlíces onfóe, and éco gifeá gigrippa (conprehendat), Rtl. 39, 27: 63, 20. Gigrippe sóðfæstnesse adprehendet justitiam, 45, 23. II. to seize:--Gást gegrippde hine, Lk. L. 9, 39. Gegrippedon, 23, 26. Sumo ualdon gegrioppa hine, Jn. L. 7, 44. Soecendo hine tó gegriopann[e], Jn. p. 5, 5. in Dict. ge-grippan
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚷᚱᛁᛈᛈᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Jn.
Gospel of St. John (OE translation)
Lk.
Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
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