grippen
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English grippan, from Proto-Germanic *gripjaną. Cognates include Middle High German gripfen.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
grippen
- To grip or grab onto (and often to take away)
- To confiscate or steal; to take forcibly.
- (rare) To entrap; to find and take control of.
- (rare) To find out about; to acquire knowledge or information about.
- (rare) To torment or injure; to cause fear or sorrow.
Usage notes[edit]
This verb tends to supplant gripen later in the Middle English period.
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of grippen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “grippen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-22.
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