mundgripe

Old English

Etymology

mund (“hand”) +‎ gripe (“grip”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmundˌɡri.pe/

Noun

mundgripe m

1. (poetic) grasp, hand-grip
   • c. 700, Beowulf, 379-381:

     [...] þyder tō þance, þæt hē þrtiges
     manna mægencræft on his mundgripe
     heaþorōf hæbbe. Hine hālig God [...]

     Francis Barton Gummere translation:
     [...] thither for thanks, —he has thirty men’s
     heft of grasp in the gripe of his hand,
     the bold-in-battle. Blesséd God [...]

Declension

Declension of mundgripe (strong i-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	mundgripe	mundgripas
accusative	mundgripe	mundgripas
genitive	mundgripes	mundgripa
dative	mundgripe	mundgripum