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hreppan

  • verb
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to touch, treat
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  • Ic hreppe

    tango,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 28
      • ;
    • Som. 32, 56.

  • Ic hreppe Pharao mid ánum wíte

    una plaga tangam Pharaonem,

    • Ex. 11, 1.

  • Se ðe wudu hrepeþ

    he who touches the wood,

    • Exon. 127 b
      • ;
    • Th. 490, 7
      • ;
    • Rä. 79, 7
      • .

  • Ða wé ne hreppaþ

    those [nouns] we shall not treat of,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9
      • ;
    • Som. 12, 30.

  • Ðeáh hí hwá hreppe heó hit ne gefrét

    though any one touch it [the soul] it does not feel it,

    • Homl. Swt. 1, 220.

  • Ða réðe deór ne dorston hí reppan

    the fierce beasts durst not touch them,

    • 4, 405.

  • Hire on beseón oððe hí hreppan

    to look upon her or touch her,

    • 7, 151.

  • Hwá dearr hí hreppan,

    • Homl. Th. i. 458, 17.

  • His eágan hreppan mid ðam seáwe

    to touch his eyes with the juice,

    • Herb. 31
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 128, 12.

  • Moyses ǽ forbeád tó hrepenne ǽnigne hreóflan

    the law of Moses forbade to touch any leper,

    • Homl. Th. i. 122, 5.
      • v. preceding word, and for such pairs of verbs see
    • March 's Anglo-Saxon Grammar, & sect; 222.
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Etymology
[
Icel. hreppa to reach, catch, obtain.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hreppan.” 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/19727.

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