gripan

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *grīpaną.

Verb

grīpan

1. to seize, grasp

Inflection

Conjugation of grīpan (strong class 1)

infinitive	grīpan
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	grīpu	grēp
2nd person singular	grīpis, grīpist	gripi
3rd person singular	grīpit	grēp
1st person plural	grīpon	gripun
2nd person plural	grīpet	griput
3rd person plural	grīpunt	gripun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	grīpe	gripi
2nd person singular	grīpes, grīpest	gripis, gripist
3rd person singular	grīpe	gripi
1st person plural	grīpen	gripin
2nd person plural	grīpet	gripit
3rd person plural	grīpent	gripint
imperative	present
singular	grīp
plural	grīpet
participle	present	past
	grīpandi	grip

Derived terms

• bigrīpan

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: gripen
  • Dutch: grijpen
  • Limburgish: griepe

Further reading

• “grīpan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *grīpaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡriː.pɑn/

Verb

grīpan

1. to gripe, grip, grab

Conjugation

Conjugation of grīpan (strong class 1)

infinitive	grīpan	grīpenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	grīpe	grāp
second person singular	grīpst	gripe
third person singular	grīpþ	grāp
plural	grīpaþ	gripon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	grīpe	gripe
plural	grīpen	gripen
imperative
singular	grīp
plural	grīpaþ
participle	present	past
	grīpende	(ġe)gripen

Derived terms

• begrīpan
• forgrīpan
• gripennes (“captivity”)
• grāpian
• grīpend (“one who grabs, a robber”)
• grīpol (“graspable”)
• ungrīpendlīċ
• wiþgrīpan
• ġegripennes (“a seizure, a taking”)
• ġegrīpan
• ōþgrīpan

 

Related terms

• gripa (“a handful, a sheaf”)
• gripe (“grip, grasp”)
• grīpe (“a gripe”)

Descendants

• Middle English: gripen
  • Scots: gripe
  • English: gripe

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “gripan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Old English to Modern English Translator

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *grīpaną.

Verb

grīpan

1. to gripe

Conjugation

Conjugation of grīpan (strong class 1)

infinitive	grīpan
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	grīpu	grēp
2nd person singular	grīpis	gripi
3rd person singular	grīpid	grēp
plural	grīpad	gripun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	grīpe	gripi
2nd person singular	grīpes	gripis
3rd person singular	grīpe	gripi
plural	grīpen	gripin
imperative	present
singular	grīp
plural	grīpad
participle	present	past
	grīpandi	gigripan, gripan

Descendants

• Middle Low German: grîpen
  • Low German: griepen
  • Plautdietsch: jriepen