For-grípan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

for-grípan

and fór-grípan (l. for-). Take these together, and add: (1) with acc. To seize, seize and carry off:--Ic ætbréde vel ic forgrípe diripio, i. rapio, abstraho, eripio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 48. Ealle hí se stranga deáð forgrípeð and nymð, Guth. 78, 15. Genom l forgráp appraehendit, Lk. L. 5, 26. Hé wæs mid hrædlice deáðe forgripen morte immatura praereptus est, Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 472, 5. (2) with dat. To destroy, B. 2353: Gen. 1275 (

Related words: Dict.). for-gripan