Ge-grippan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-grippan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: ge-græppian

Definitions

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

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚷᚱᛁᛈᛈᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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