CREÓPAN
- verb [ strong ]
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He næfþ hjs fóta geweald and onginþ creópan
he has not the use of his feet and begins to creep
- Bt. 36, 4 ;
- Fox 178, 14
- Cote. MS.
Him cómon to creópende fela næddran
many serpents came creeping to them
- Homl. Th. ii. 488, 21.
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Mægen creópendra wyrma biþ on heora fótum
the power of reptiles [lit. creeping worms] is in their feet.
- Ors. 4, 6 ;
- Bos. 84, 44 ;
- Gen. 7, 21.
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Nán wilde deór, ne on fyðerfótum ne on creópendum, nis to wiðmetenne yfelum wífe
no wild beast, neither among the four-footed nor the creeping, is to be compared with an evil woman
- Homl. Th. i. 486, 29.
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Lǽde seó eorþe forþ creópende cinn æfter heora hiwum
producat terra reptilia secundum species suas
- Gen. 1, 24, 25, 26.
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Ic creópe
repo
- Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4 ;
- Som. 31, 23.
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Se biþ mihtigra se ðe gǽþ ðonne se ðe crýpþ
he is more powerful who goes than he who creeps
- Bt. 36, 4 ;
- Fox 178, 16.
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Hí creópaþ and snícaþ
they creep and crawl
- Bt. Met. Fox 31, 12 ;
- Met. 31, 6.
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Heó creáp betwux ðám mannum
she crept among the men
- Homl. Th. ii. 394, ii ;
- Glostr. Frag. 6, 7.
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Ða munecas crupon under ðam weofode
the monks crept under the altar
- Chr. 1083 ;
- Erl. 217, 22 ;
- Ors. 1, 7 ;
- Bos. 29, 33.
Bosworth, Joseph. “CREÓPAN.” 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/6700.
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