Gráp

Old English Dictionary Entry

Gráp

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words:

Definitions

1 gráp

f. Grasp, clutch :-- Me fæste hæfde on grápe fast had me in his grasp, Beo. Th. 114; B. 555: 881; B. 438. Hond earm and eaxle Grendles grápe hand, arm, and shoulder, Grendel's grasp, 1676; B. 836. On grápum in the clutches, 1534; B. 765: 3088; B. 1542: Andr. Kmbl. 2671; An. 1337: Exon. 38 b; Th. 126, 28: 47 a; Th. 162, 1. [Icel. greip; f. the space between the thumb and the fingers, a grasp: O. H. Ger. greifa; f. bidens.] grap

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ᚷᚱᚪᛈ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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