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tó-rípan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
tó-rípan, p. te
To pluck in two, tear to pieces
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  • Ðá hé fleáh ðá tórýpte hine án brémber ofer ðæt nebb. Ðá hé ætsacan wolde ðá sǽde him mon ðæt tó tácne

    when he fled, a bramble scratched him all over the face. When he wanted to deny (the charge brought against him), they told him this as a token,

      Chart. Th. 172, 27.
Etymology
[v. Goth. raupjan to pluck: O. H. Ger. roufen vellicare, runcare: Ger. raufen.]
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v. rípan.
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v.  tó-rýpan.
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