gelæccan

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) to grab (sometimes violently: snatch, catch, apprehend)
 * 2) * c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Clement the Martyr"
 * "ang"
 * "ang"

- Þā sē enġel ġelǣhte hine be þām feaxe and hine bær tō Babylōne.


 * 1) * , Manuscript E, year 1009
 * "ang"

- Hē wolde Wulnōþ ġelæċċan cwicne oþþe dēadne.


 * 1) * late 10th century, Ælfric, "St. Gregory the Great, Pope of Rome"
 * "ang"

- Þæs cāseres hēahġerēfa Germānus ġelǣhte þone pistol æt Gregories ǣrendracan and hine tōtær.


 * 1) to pick up food
 * 2) to catch a disease
 * 3) to comprehend