drep

n.

1) bodily hurt, blow (þat er drep ef bein brotna);

2) killing, slaying, = dráp;

3) plague, pestilence, = drepsótt;

4) mortification, gangrene.

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n. [A. S. drepe; Germ. treff], a smart, blow; the legal bearing of this word is defined Grág. Vsl. ch. 10–13; wound and ‘drep’ are distinguished—þat ero sár er þar blæðir sem á kom, en drep ef annars-staðar blæðir, ch. 51, cp. N. G. L. i. og, 164, Eb. ch. 23: trail, vide dögg.

2. slaying, killing, = dráp, Grág. Vsl. ch. in.

3. plague, pest, = drep-sótt, Stj. 546, Bret. 46, Sks. 731 B: a malignant disease, N. G. L. i. 145; metaph., Al. 86.

4. medic. mortification, gangrene, Fms. iii. 184. ix. 36, Bs. i. 346, Fél. ix. 207.