gripan

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *grīpan, 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	grīpo, grīpon	grēp
2nd person singular	grīpis	gripi
3rd person singular	grīpit	grēp
1st person plural	grīpun	gripon
2nd person plural	grīpit	gripot
3rd person plural	grīpunt	gripon
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	grīpe	gripi
2nd person singular	grīpis	gripi
3rd person singular	grīpe	gripi
1st person plural	grīpin	gripin
2nd person plural	grīpit	gripit
3rd person plural	grīpin	gripin
imperative	present
singular	grīp
plural	grīpit
participle	present	past
	grīpandi	gripan, gigripan

Derived terms

• bigrīpan
• gigrīpan
• umbigrīpan

Descendants

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

Further reading

• “grīpan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡriː.pɑn/

Verb

grīpan

1. to gripe, grip, grab

Conjugation

Conjugation of grīpan (strong, class I)

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

Related terms

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

Descendants

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

References

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

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *grīpan, 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

Spanish

Verb

gripan

1. third-person plural present indicative of gripar