hnæppan
- verb [ strong ]
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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.]
Bosworth, Joseph. “hnæppan.” 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/19350.
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