grippit

"grippit" -- to use Knox's phrase -- by the ungodly robbers of the Church.

Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys Herbert Story

And they grippit me, and cried treason; and I thought of the Ruthvens that were dirked in their ain house, for, it may be, as small a forfeit.

The Fortunes of Nigel 2004

Bandy grippit Sandy by the shuders an 'heized him up on his feet; an' there he stuid, wi 'his een shut' an 'his airms an' legs hingin 'like's he was dreepin' o 'water.

My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

Pottie was juist in the middle o 'a great hallach o' a lauch, when I grippit him by the collar.

My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

Pottie was gaen bang oot at the door when Sandy grippit him by the cuff o 'the neck.

My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

Common afore ane o 'the laddies grippit him by the tails, an' speered whaur he was fleein 'till.

My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

Syne he grippit the fisher's hand wi 'ane o' his, an 'mine wi' the ither, an 'startit --

My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

"T tak's them a 'but ane," he roared in the middle o 'the game; an' he grippit up a nivfu 'o' the crack-nets, an 'into his moo wi' them.

My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

A 'o' a sudden Sandy grippit an 'auld roosty hewk that was lyin' on the boiler, an 'roarin', "Whaur's Pottie Lawson, an 'I'll cut his wizand till him," he made a flee at the door.

My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

We was a 'winderin' what was ado, an 'Sandy was busy peekin' roond wi 'his spygless, when twa bobbies cam' fleein 'anower an' grippit him an 'roared till him to sirrender.

My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond