Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

for-grípan

  • verb [ strong ]
Dictionary links
Grammar
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
Show examples

  • 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.
]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “for-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/11497.

Checked: 1
Full form

Word-wheel

  • for-grípan, v.

Copyright

All the data provided here are free for any purpose. If you use the data for academic purposes, we ask that you kindly cite us as your source. In case you need a large portion of the dictionary data or you need it in a specific format, let us know through the contact form, we are happy to do custom database dumps for researchers.

How to cite

You can cite the entries of the online version of the dictionary, or you can cite the scanned pages of the original paper editions.

  • To cite the online version of the dictionary, click the icon right under the entry.
  • To cite the scanned paper version of the dictionary, click the "show/hide this scanned page" link under the entry, check the scan and use the citation information right above it.