Hnappung

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - hnappung

According to the Old English Dictionary:

hnæppung, e;

hnappung
f. Slumbering, dozing, drowsiness :-- Ǽresð mon hnappaþ gif hé ðonne ðære hnappunge ne swícþ ðonne hnappaþ hé óþ ðæt hé o wierþ on fæstum slǽpe dormitando vero oculus ad plenissimum somnum ducitur, Past. 28, 4; Swt. 195, 11. Wið hnappunge against drowsiness, L. Med. ex Quadr. 8, 10; Lchdm. i. 358, 24. Hnæppunge dormitationem, Ps. Spl. 131, 4: hnappunga, Ps. Th. and Lamb. [Wick. napping: Prompt. Parv. nappynge or slomerynge dormitacio: O. H. Ger. naffezung dormitatio.] hnappung
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