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hrepian

  • verb [ weak ]
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hrepian, and <b>hreppan.</b> [The two forms may be taken together.]
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to touch with the hand,
come in contact with
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  • Ꝥ wíf wearð gehǽled þá ðá heó hrepode (æthrán,

      Mt. 9, 20)
    þæs Hǽlendes reáf, Hml. S. 9, 13.

  • Wearð án líc gebróht tó ðæs hálgan byrgene . . . þá árás se deáda mid ðám þe hé hrepode þá byrgene,

      18, 307. 'Ic
    sette míne hand ofer ðé untrumne' . . . se cyning wearð gehǽled sóna swá hé hine hrepode, 24, 157.

  • Heora handa ástífedon, swá hwá swá hreopode þá róde mid handum,

      Hml. Th. i. 598, 12.
to touch, make use of, have to do with
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  • Ic þé swá geheóld, þæt þú hig ne hrepodest,

      Gen. 20, 6.

  • Ne hrepa þú þæs treówes wæstm, for þan ðe þú bist deádlic, gif ðú ðæs treówes wæstm geetst

    de ligno . . . ne comedas . . . in quocumque enim die comederis ex eo, morte morieris,

      Hml. Th. i. 14, 1.
with the idea of hostility.
where injury is caused,
to lay hands on, attack, seize.
the subject a person
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  • Ástrece þíne hand and hrepa his bán and his flǽsc,

      Hml. Th. ii. 452, 19.

  • Hý ne dorston þá hálgan stówe hreppan (grétan,

    v. l. temerare

    ),
      Gr. D. 43, 12.
the subject a thing
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  • Þá wolde hé þurhþýn hí mid þám swurde, ac se ord ne dorste hí hreppan,

      Hml. S. 12, 227.
where blame is expressed [cf. N. E. D. touch, 19 = to take to task, censure]
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  • Gif hé gesceádwíslíce and mid eádmódnesse sóðre lufe hwylce þinc repað oððe geswutalað

    si qua rationabiliter et cum humilitate karitatis reprehendit aut ostendit,

      R. Ben. I. 102, 2.
to touch the mind or heart
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  • Nán lustfullung ne hrepede his mód,

      Hml. Th. i. 176, 6.
to touch on, treat of a matter.
the subject a person
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  • Ðás þing wé swá hwónlíce hér hrepiað on foreweardum worce, for ðan wé hig þenceað oftor tó hrepian and tó gemunanne,

      Angl. viii. 300, 21.
the subject the writing in which the matter is treated
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  • Ðyses godspelles anginn hrepode úres Hǽlendes þrowunge,

      Hml. Th. i. 152, 27.

  • Hwílwendlice gódnyssa, swylce swá þæt godspel hrepode, hláf, and fisc, and ǽig,

      252, 25.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. repe.]
Similar entries
v. á-hrepian, á-hreppan, for-hrepian, for-hreppan, ge-hrepian, ge-hreppan.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hrepian.” 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/53188.

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