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hrepung

  • noun [ feminine ]
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hrepung, e; f.
Touch, touching
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  • Hrepung

    tactus,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 11
      • ;
    • Som. 15, 15.

  • Ða andgitu sint gehátene ðus . . . tactus hrepung on eallum limum

    the senses are named thus ... tactustouch, in all the limbs,

    • Homl. Swt. 1, 199
      • :
    • Homl. Th. ii. 372, 26.

  • Hé mihte mid his worde hine gehǽlan búton hrepunge ac hé geswutelode ðæt his hrepung is swíðe hálwende geleáfullum

    he could have healed him with his word without touching; but he shewed that his touch is very salutary to believers,

    • Homl. Th. i. 122, 9.

  • Drihten gehǽlde ða untruman þurh his reáfes hrepunge

    the Lord healed the sick by the touch of his garment,

    • ii. 394, 5.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hrepung.” 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/19729.

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