hreppan

  • 1hreppan — hreppan1 wv/t1a to touch, treat (of); attack …

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  • 2Rape — Rape, n. [Icel. hreppr village, district; cf. Icel. hreppa to catch, obtain, AS. hrepian, hreppan, to touch.] One of six divisions of the county of Sussex, England, intermediate between a hundred and a shire. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3raffle — raffle1 [raf′əl] n. [ME rafle < MFr, dice game, lit., a raking in < OHG raffel, a rake, scraper, akin to OE hreppan, to touch, grasp < IE base * (s)ker , to cut > HARVEST] a lottery in which each participant buys a chance or chances… …

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