Meaning of begrip | Babel Free

Definitions

To grip around or about; get a grip on; grasp.

transitive

Examples

“Then the girdled hilt seiz'd he, the Wolf of the Scyldings, The rough and the sword-grim, and drew forth the ring-sword, Naught weening of life, and wrathful he smote then So that there on her halse the hard edge begripped, [...]”

“They try to begrip by conceptions that which no conception can grasp save when conception is full-open with consciousness, and identical with it.”

“Then parted Frowin and Garnum, and, hands begripped, they solemnly repeated the foster-brother oath: "Thy kin will I protect; thy honor will I guard. Parted or together, when thou diest then will I die also: [...]”

“A blissful/blessed body, arrayed in a rich manner in royal garments: all with glistening gold his gown was hemmed, with many a precious pearl placed thereon, and a girdle of gold begripped his waist; a great mantle was over that, [...]”

“He came to be known as Peritus because he seemed expert at every task he begripped him.”

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