hrepung

Meaning

1. touch, touching

   Mihtiglice he mihte mid his worde hine gehælan, buton hrepunge; ac he geswutelode þæt his hrepung is swiðe halwende geleaffullum. In his might he could have healed him with his word, without touching; but he manifested that his touch is very salutary to believers. Crist mid his handa hrepunge þone hreoflian gehælde, swa eac he alysde us

   Christ by the touch of his hands healed the leper, so also he redeemed us from the sins of our souls by the assumption of our flesh; as the prophet Isaiah said, "Verily he took away our diseases, and our pains he himself bare."

   c. 992, Ælfric, "THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER THE LORD'S EPIPHANY"

2. the sense of touch (one of the five senses)

   Ure yfelan geðohtas oððe weorc we sceolan alysan mid fif scyllingum; þæt is we sceolon ure yfelnysse behreowsian mid urum fif andgitum, þæt synd gesihþ, and hlyst, and swæc, and stenc, and hrepung.

   Our evil thoughts or actions we should redeem with five shillings; that is, we should repent of our wickedness with our five senses, which are, sight, and hearing, and taste, and smell, and touch.

   c. 992, Ælfric, "ON THE PURIFICATION OF ST. MARY"

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