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to lay hold of
a material object,
to take with the hand, grasp
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  • Hé wǽpn gegráp mid tó campienne,

      Bl. H. 167, 1.

  • Se Hélend áþenede hond his and gegráp hine (

    apprehendit eum

    ),
      Mt. R. 14, 31.

  • Ealle þá apostolas hié gegrípan on hire middel,

      Bl. H. 141, 29.

  • Ic wille gegrípan ꝥ palmtwig, and hit tó eorþan áfyllan,

      151, 15.

  • Nim swá mycel swá þú mid þrím fingron gegrípan mæge,

      Lch. i. 230, 11.

  • Mið ðý gegripen (-grippen, L.) wæs hond his

    praehensa manu ejus,

      Mk. R. 1, 31.

  • Gegripen adprehensum, Kent. Gl. 192. (1 a)

    to seize

    with an implement :-- Fýrene tangan him on handa hié hæfdon, and . . . hié mé mid þǽm gegrípan woldon,
      Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 621, 15.
a non-material object
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  • Hié gegrípað (

    arripiunt

    ) ðone cwide ðæs apostoles hiora gítsunge tó fultome,
      Past. 53, 3.
to get possession of, obtain, acquire
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  • Gegríp

    arripe (prudentiam ),

      Kent. Gl. 64.

  • Underfóð ł gegrípað steóre ł láre

    apprehendite disciplinam,

      Ps. L. 2, 12.

  • Suǽ iornað gié ꝥte gié gigrípa (

    conprehendatis

    ),
      Rtl. 5, 37.
with idea of violence, constraint
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  • Gegrípe

    capiat, retineat,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 48.
to seize a person, take captive,
apprehend a criminal.
the subject a person
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  • Sé ðe swá hwér hine gegrípes (

    adpraehenderit

    ), hé bítes,
      Mk. R. L. 9, 18.

  • Hé hyne gegráp

    arripiebat illum,

      Lk. 8, 29.

  • Gást gigráp (

    appraehendit

    ) hine,
      Lk. R. 9, 39.

  • Gigriopun Símón,

      23, 26.

  • Hwonne hí mé gegrípan and tó helle locum gelǽdan,

      Bd. 5, 13; Sch. 640, 16.

  • Hé mé swá ládode ꝥ hié mé ne gegripon,

      Bl. H. 151, 27.

  • Sendun ðá aldormenn embihtmenn ꝥte hiǽ gegripe (-grioppo,

      L.) hine, Jn. R. 7, 32.

  • Sóhtun hine tó gigrípanne,

      30, 44.

  • Hé wæs gegripen (

    correptus

    ) fram þám unclǽnum gástum,
      Gr. D. 294, 1.
the subject an animal
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  • Án leó gegráp mé and arn tó wuda,

      Hml. S. 30, 331.
the subject a thing
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  • Sió wilnung ðæs ídlan gielpes gegrípð ðæt mód,

      Past. 373, 20.

  • Gegriépð,

      143, 5.

  • Þám þe se æfterra deáþ gegrípð,

      Bt. 19; F. 70, 18.

  • Gegrípað

    capiunt (impium iniquitates suae ),

      Kent. Gl. 116.

  • Ðá gegráp hine swíðlic ege,

      Hml. S. 23 b, 212: 460.

  • Gegripun ł gehæfton

    comprehenderunt,

      Ps. L. 39, 13.

  • Ꝥte ðióstro iúih ne gegrípa (

    compraehendant

    ),
      Jn. L. 12, 35.

  • Ðe lés ðú sió gegripen hiora onwaldum

    ne capiaris nutibus illius,

      Kent. Gl. 161.
to seize a thing,
take with violence as a robber
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  • Gegrípeð

    diri[pi]et

    (v.
      Mt. 12, 29), Wrt. Voc. ii. 72, 58: 26, 33.

  • Ðonne hé gegríp[ð]

    cum rapuerit,

      Kent. Gl. 705.

  • Ne bið gegripen

    non rapitur,

    71.
to take, catch game
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  • Wildeór gegrípan,

      Hml. S. 23 b, 735.
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v. ge-grippan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-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/48165.

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