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hrínan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
hrínan, p. hrán; pp. hrinen
Wright's OE grammar
§490;
To touch, reach, strike.
with gen
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  • Ðú his hrínan meaht

    thou mayest touch it,

    • Cd. 29
      • ;
    • Th. 38, 34
      • ;
    • Gen. 616.
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  • Grundum ic hríne

    the depths I touch,

    • Exon. 125 b
      • ;
    • Th. 482, 22
      • ;
    • Rä. 67, 5: 102 b
      • ;
    • Th. 389, 8
      • ;
    • Rä. 7, 4: 104 b
      • ;
    • Th. 397, 31
      • ;
    • Rä. 16, 28.

  • Gif ic hríno wéde his

    if touch his garment,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 9, 21.

  • Se hǽlend and hrán [or andhrán? cf. O. Sax. ant-hrínan] égum heora

    Iesus tetigit oculos eorum,

    • Rush. 20, 34.

  • Se hǽlend hrán him

    tangens eum,

    • Mk. Skt. Rush. 1, 41
      • :
    • Exon. 110 a
      • ;
    • Th. 421, 18
      • ;
    • Rä. 40, 30.

  • Hrinon hearmtánas drihta bearnum,

    • Cd. 47
      • ;
    • Th. 61, 4
      • ;
    • Gen. 992.

  • Ðeáh ðe him wund hrine

    though the wound had touched him,

    • Beo. Th. 5945
      • ;
    • B. 2976.

  • Ele synfulra ǽfre ne mote heáfde mínum hrínan

    oleum peccatorum non impinguet caput meum,

    • Ps. 140, 7.

  • Nǽnig wæter him hrínan ne mihte

    no water might reach him,

    • Beo. Th. 3035
      • ;
    • B. 1515: 1981
      • ;
    • B. 988
      • :
    • Cd. 69
      • ;
    • Th. 84, 11
      • ;
    • Gen. 1396.

  • Ðæt hý him mid hondum hrínan mósten,

    • Exon. 38 b
      • ;
    • Th. 127, 5
      • ;
    • Gú. 381: 73 a
      • ;
    • Th. 273, 7
      • ;
    • Jul. 512.

  • Ðé hondum hrínan,

    • 36 b
      • ;
    • Th. 119, 13
      • ;
    • Gú. 254.

  • Hrínande him

    tangens eum,

    • Mk. Skt. Lind. 1. 41.
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  • Ic hríno ðone hiorde

    percutiam pastorem,

    • 14, 27.

  • Gif hé mid his mihte muntas hríneþ

    qui tangit montes,

    • Ps. Th. 103, 30
      • :
    • Exon. 106 b
      • ;
    • Th. 406, 4
      • ;
    • Rä. 24, 12.

  • Hrín ða góman mid

    touch the fauces with it,

    • L. Med. ex Quadr. 5, 3
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 348, 10.

  • Ne sceolon míne ða hálgan hrínan

    nolite tangere christos meos,

    • Ps. Th. 104, 13.

  • Wát ic Matheus þurh mǽnra hand hrinan heorudolgum.

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1883
      • ;
    • An. 944.
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  • Ðæt hé má wolde afrum onfengum earme gǽstas hrínan léton

    that he would further let the wretched spirits with their dire attacks touch him [Guthlac ],

    • Exon. 40 a
      • ;
    • Th. 133, 17
      • ;
    • Gú. 491.

  • Swá hit him on innan com hrán æt heortan

    so it came within him, touched him at his heart,

    • Cd. 33
      • ;
    • Th. 45, 9
      • ;
    • Gen. 724.

  • Óþ ðæt deáþes folm hrán æt heortan

    until the hand of death touched him at his heart,

    • Beo. Th. 4532
      • ;
    • B. 2270.
Etymology
[
A. R. rineð, prs
:
Orm. ran, p
:
O. Sax. hrínan
:
Icel. hrína to cleave, to hurt
:
O. H. Ger. hrínan tangere, obtrectare.
]
Derived forms
æt-, and-, ge-, on-hrínan
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hrínan.” 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/19775.

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