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ge-grípan

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ge-grípan, p. -gráp, pl. -gripon; pp. -gripen
To gripe, grasp, seize; capere, rapere, prehendere, apprehendere, comprehendere, arripere, corripere, eripere
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  • Máran ðonne ðú in hreðre mǽge móde gegrípan

    too great for thee to comprehend in thy breast with thy mind,

    • Exon. 92 b; Th. 348, 10
      • ;
    • Sch. 26
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    • Bt. Met. Fox 10, 138
      • ;
    • Met. 10, 69
      • .

  • Feónd sáwle míne gegrípeþ

    inimicus animam meam comprehendat,

    • Ps. Spl. 7, 5
      • :
    • Salm. Kmbl. 226
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    • Sal. 112
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  • Us fyrhto gegráp

    fear seized us,

    • Nicod. 21; Thw. 10, 33
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    • Cd. 140; Th. 175, 32
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    • Gen. 2904
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    • Cant. Moys. Surt. 188, 15
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    • Nar, 44, 13
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  • Ðá gegripon ða únclǽnan gástas ǽnne of ðám mannum

    then the unclean spirits seized one of the men,

    • Bd. 3,19; S. 548, 47
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    • Ps. Spl. 39, 16
      • :
    • Cant. Moys. Ex. 15, 17
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  • Gegríp wǽpn and scyld

    apprehende arma et scutum,

    • Ps. Spl. 34, 2
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  • Éhtaþ gé and gegrípaþ hine

    persequimini et comprehendite eum,

    • Ps. Spl. 70, 12
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  • Ðí læs áhwænne gegrípe swá swá leó sáwle míne

    ne quando rapiat ut leo animam meam,

    • Ps. Spl. 7, 2
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  • Ðá wæs he fram deófle gegripen

    then he was seized by a devil,

    • Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 13
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    • Ps. Spl. 17, 31
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  • On tintregum gegripene

    tormentis comprehensos,

    • Mt. Bos. 4, 24
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  • Geneálǽcende he hí upahóf, hyre handa gegripenre

    accedens elevavit eam, apprehensa manu ejus,

    • Mk. Bos. 1, 31
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  • Hí wurdon gegripene fram móderlicum breóstum

    they were snatched from their mothers' breasts,

    • Homl. Th. i. 84, 8
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-grípan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/14549.

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