refsan

Old English

Alternative forms
  • ræpsan, ræfsan, repsan

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rafisjaną (“to blame, flog, chastise, punish”).

Verb

refsan

  1. to reprove; rebuke
  2. to seize; appropriate
  3. to blame
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