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for-grípan

  • verb [ strong ]
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for-grípan, p. -gráp, pl. -gripon; subj. pres. -grípe, pl. -grípen; pp. -gripen [for-, grípan to grasp]
To grasp, snatch away, seize, assail, overwhelm; corrĭpĕre, comprehendĕre, apprehendĕre, vim afferre, obruĕre
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  • Ádle forgripen

    languōre correptus,

    • Bd. 5, 7
    • ;
    • S. 620, 40, note.
  • He þohte forgrípan gumcynne

    he resolved to overwhelm mankind,

    • Cd. 64
    • ;
    • Th. 77, 14
    • ;
    • Gen. 1275.
  • Ðonne fýr æpplede gold gífre forgrípeþ

    when fire greedily grasps appled gold,

    • Exon. 63 a
    • ;
    • Th. 232, 15
    • ;
    • Ph. 507: Ps. Th. 58, 12.
  • He æt gúþe forgráp Grendeles mǽgum

    he in conflict grasped Grendel's kinsmen,

    • Beo. Th. 4695
    • ;
    • B. 2353.
  • Æbylignes yrres ðínes hí forgrípe

    indignātio īræ tuæ apprehendat eos,

    • Ps. Th. 68, 25.
  • Ðonne we hine forgrípen

    when we seize him,

    • Ps. Th. 70, 10: 138, 9.
  • Ðeáh gé mínne flǽschoman fýres wylme forgrípen

    though ye assail my body with fire's heat,

    • Exon. 38 a
    • ;
    • Th. 124, 31
    • ;
    • Gú. 346.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. fargrípan to seize for destruction
:
Ger. ver-greifen to take away.
]
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