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gripe

(n.)
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gripe, es; m.
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Gripe, grip, grasp, hold, clutch, seizure: pugillus, prehensio, captus Se gripe ðære hand pugillus, Ælfc. Gl. 72; Som. 71, 1; Wrt. Voc. 43. Gripe pugilla, Recd. 38, 72; Wrt. Voc. 64, 75.

Linked entries: greóp hilde-frófor

gripe

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In þæs wylmes grund ... in gléda gripe, El. 1302. v. níd-, on-gripe, and passages at gripa

grípe

(n.)
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grípe, an; f.
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A ditch, drain Adelseáþa grýpan cloacarum cuniculi, An. Ox. 3320. Grýpan, adelseáþes cloacę 4290. Tó wiþersacunge adelseáþe, grýpan ad apostasię cloacam, 4744

grípe

(n.)
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grípe, es; m.
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A gripe, vulture; gryps, vultur

Linked entry: grýpe

níd-gripe

(n.)

a violent grasp

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a violent grasp Hyne ( Grendel ) sár hafaþ in níd-gripe (MS. mid gripe; Th. níþgripe) nearwe befongen, Beo. Th. 1956; B. 976. (?)

mund-gripe

(n.)
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mund-gripe, es; m.

Hand-gripegrasp

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Hand-gripe, grasp Ðæt hé þrittiges manna mægencræft on his mundgripe hæbbe, Beo. Th. 766; B. 380. Strenge getrúwode, mundgripe mægenes, 3072; B. 1534. Æfter mundgripe, 3880; B. 1938.

fǽr-gripe

(n.)
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fǽr-gripe, es; m.

A sudden or pernicious graspsŭbĭtanea vel pernĭciōsa arreptio

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A sudden or pernicious grasp; sŭbĭtanea vel pernĭciōsa arreptio Him hrínan ne mihte fǽrgripe flódes the flood's sudden grasp could not touch him, Beo. Th, 3036; B. 1516. Under fǽrgripum during his sudden grasps, Beo. Th. 1480; B. 738

sweord-gripe

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Substitute: Sword-grip, stroke of the sword. Cf. Fýres feng ... oððe gripe méces, B. 1765. Gáras gripon, Gen. 2063

on-gripe

(n.)
Grammar
on-gripe, es; m.

Attack, assault

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Attack, assault Ðǽra wyrma ongrype and ðæra sorhwíta mǽst, Wulfst. 187, 2.

sweord-gripe

(n.)
Grammar
sweord-gripe, es; m.
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Sword-grasp, seizing of swords:?-Ðæt hí in wínsele þurh sweordgripe sáwle forlétan so that in the banquet hall through seizing their swords they lost their lives, Exon. Th. 271, 26; Jul. 488

níþ-gripe

(n.)
Grammar
níþ-gripe, (?), es; m.

A hostile grasp

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A hostile grasp Hyne ( Grendel ) sár hafaþ in níþgripe (MS. mid gripe, nídgripe [?]) nearwe befongen, Beo. Th. 1956; B. 976

stán-gripe

(n.)
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stán-gripe, es; m.
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A seizing of stones, stones seized Ðeáh hé stán-greopum (-greótum, Kmbl.) worpod wǽre though he was stoned with the stones that they seized, Elen. Kmbl. 1645; El. 824

hand-gripe

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hand-gripe

(n.)
Grammar
hand-gripe, es; m.

Grasppugillus

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Grasp, Beo. Th. 1934; B. 965

grípan

(v.)
Grammar
grípan, ic grípe, ðú grípest, grípst, he grípeþ, gripþ, pl. grípeþ; p. gráp, pl. gripon; pp. gripen; v. a.
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Ðú ðe samod mid me swéte gripe metas qui simul mecum dulces capiebas cibos, Ps. Spl. 54, 15: Cd. 42; Th. 55, 8; Gen. 891. Scearpe gáras gripon the sharp arrows griped, Cd. 95; Th. 124, 16; Gen. 2063.

Linked entry: ge-grípan

gripa

(n.)
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Gripan, 3877 (both glosses refer to the some passage, Ald. 53, 31). Þe gripan [Ps. L. has gripa (acc. pl. from gripu ? or gripā = gripan ?) ł handfulla] gæderað qui manipulos collegit, Ps. Rdr. 128, 7

gripa

(n.)
Grammar
gripa, an; m.
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Berende gripan heora portantes manipulos suos, Ps. Spl. 125, 8

Linked entries: gripu ge-grip

gripu

(n.)
Grammar
gripu, e; f.
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A cauldron Seó ǽrene gripu the brazen cauldron, Salm. Kmbl. 94; Sal. 46

gripu

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a handful, (?)

gripu

(n.)
Grammar
gripu, a cauldron.
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Add: cf. gropa