A-hneápan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - a-hneápan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- a-hneápan
- p. -hneóp, pl. -hneópon; pp. -hneápen To pluck off; decarpere :-- Heó of beáme a-hneóp wæstm biweredne she plucked from the tree the prohibited fruit, Exon. 45 a; Th. 153, 2; Gú. 819. [Goth. dishniupan, dishnaupnan discerpere: O. Nrs. hnupla sarripere.]