gripen
Middle English
/ˈɡriːpən/
verb
Definitions
- To grip or grab onto (and often to take away)
- To confiscate or steal; to take forcibly.
- To have or make material gains come into one's possession.
- To find out about; to acquire knowledge or information about.
- To torment or injure; to cause fear or sorrow.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English grīpan (snatch, apprehend, take, seize) inherited from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną (grab, grasp).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*grīpaną
Gloss
grab, grasp
Concept
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Cognates and derived terms
- begripe English
- gripe English
- gripeful English
- griper English
- gripesite English
- gripeth English
- gripeworthy English
- gripey English
- greifen German
- grijpen Dutch, Flemish
- *gʰreyb- Proto-Indo-European
- *grīpaną Proto-Germanic
- begripan Old English
- forgripan Old English
- gegripan Old English
- gripend Old English
- grīpan Old English
- oþgripan Old English
- wiþgripan Old English
- gripe Middle English
- grípa Old Norse
- begripen Middle Dutch
- gripen Middle Dutch
- grifan Old High German
- grīfan Old High German
- grifen Middle High German
- 𐌲𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍀𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *grīpan gmw-pro
- grīpan Old Dutch
- *grīpan Frankish
- gripa Old Frisian
- grīpa Old Frisian