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Wright's OE grammar
§490;
Add: [a pp. hríned occurs. ]
to touch with the hands
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  • Hé hrán ꝥ ceiste,

      Lk. L. 7, 14.

  • Duru sóna onarn siððan hé hire folmum hrán,

      B. 722.

  • Ðá hrínendo him tangentes eum, Lk. p. 5, 5. I a. to touch, be sensitive to :-- Scíneð þé leóht fore . . . nú þú his hrínan meahte, Gen. 616. I b. to touch the hand, finger, &c , to something, bring into contact with :-- Send Lazarum ꝥte indépe ł hrínæ útaweard fingeres his in wætre

    mitte Lazarum ut intinguat extremum digiti sui in aquam,

      Lk. L. 16, 24.
to come into contact with
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  • Nó hafað hió fót ne folm, ne ǽfre foldan hrán,

      Rä. 40, 10.
to touch, strike with a (pointed) weapon
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  • Siððan ic hríno hildepílum láðgewinnum,

      Rä. 16, 28.

  • Gif hine hríneð þæt mé (

    a bow

    ) of hrife fleógeð,
      24, 12.
to affect by contact, make an impression upon
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  • Him heardra nán hrínan wolde íren ǽrgód,

      B. 988.
to have to do with, meddle with
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  • Þám hringsele hrínan ne móste gumena ǽnig,

      B. 3053.
  • V a. to lay hands on, or meddle with so as to hurt, to injure, hurt.
the agent a person
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  • Ic hríno ðone hiorde

    percutiam pastorem,

      Mk. L. R. 14, 27.

  • Ne wæs ǽnig þára þæt mé þus þríste swá þú nú þá mid hondum hrínan dorste,

      Jul. 512.
the agent non-personal
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  • Hé on þá tíd ðe hé inne bið ne bið hrinen (hríned,

    v. l.) mid þí storme ðæs wintres (hiemis tempestate non tangitur ),

      Bd. 2, 13; Sch. 165, 25.

  • Fære ne móston wætres brógan hrínan,

      Gen. 1396.
to reach, attain to
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  • Nǽfre hió heofonum hrán,

      Rä. 40, 20.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. rine.]
Similar entries
v. oþ-hrínan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hrínan.” 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/53228.

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