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grasp, clutch, embrace
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  • Seó ǽrene gripu ofer gléda gripe wealleð,

      Sal. 48.
attack, assault,
by living creatures
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  • Grimne gripe Gúðláf and Ósláf mǽndon,

      B. 1148.

  • Þú þurh deóra gripe deáðe sweltest,

      Jul. 125.
by things, v. grípan;
2.
material
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  • Þurh gáres gripe gást onsendan,

      An. 187.

  • Hé hæfde him on handa hilde frófre (frore, MS.), gúðbilla gripe

    he had in his hand aid for war, for the assault of battle-bills,

      Vald. 2, 13.
non-material
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  • Þǽr is wyrma slite and ealra wǽdla gripe,

      Wlfst. 209, 18.
grasp, power, control, mastery,
by persons
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  • Þín feorh beran in gramra gripe,

      An. 217: 953.
by things
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  • In gléda gripe,

      Jul. 391.

  • In þæs wylmes grund ... in gléda gripe,

      El. 1302. v. níd-, on-gripe, and passages at gripa.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “gripe.” 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/51236.

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