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hnæppan

  • verb [ strong ]
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to strike [?]
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  • Swá swá sió nafu simle biþ swá gesund hnæppen ða felga on ðæt ðe hí hnæppen

    if the nave is always quite safe the fellies may strike against what they will,

      Bt. 39, 7; Fox 222, 26.
  • [Cf. (?) nap to strike the head sharply with a stick, E. D. S. Mid-Yorkshire Glossary; knap to strike; nap a stroke, Halliwell Dict.]
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