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GRÁPIAN

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
GRÁPIAN, grópian; p. ode; pp. od
Wright's OE grammar
§133; §291; §536;
To grope, touch, feel with the hands
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  • Ic grópige

    palpo.

      Ælfc. Gr. 24; Som. 25, 42.

  • Grápige,

      36; Som. 38, 46.

  • Handa hí habbaþ and hí ná grápiaþ

    manus habent et non palpabunt,

      Ps. Spl. 113, 15.

  • Se cuma his cneów grápode mid his hálwendum handum

    the stranger felt his knee with his healing hands,

      Homl. Th. ii. 134, 35.

  • Hire wið healse heard grápode bánhringas bræc

    the hard blade touched her neck, broke the bone-rings,

      Beo. Th. 3137; B. 1566: 4176; B. 2085.

  • On ðæt bánleáse brýd grápode hondum

    touched with hands that boneless bride,

      Exon. 112 b; Th. 431, 20; Rä. 46, 3.

  • Hie wurdon sóna ablinde and grápodan mid heora handum on ða eorþan

    they at once became blind and groped on the ground with their hands,

      Blickl. Homl. 151, 6.

  • Grápiaþ

    palpate,

      Lk. Skt. 24, 39.

  • Þýstro swá þicce ðæt hig grápion

    darkness that may be felt,

      Ex. 10, 21.

  • Ðæt ðú grápie on midne ðæg swá se blinda déþ on þístrum

    thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness,

      Deut. 28, 29.

  • Ðone líchoman he æteówde to grápigenne

    he shewed the body to be touched,

      Homl. Th. i. 230, 24.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. greifon palpare.]
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v.  grópian.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “GRÁPIAN.” 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/17468.

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