grippen

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English grippan, from Proto-Germanic *gripjaną. Cognates include Middle High German gripfen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡripən/

Verb

grippen

  1. To grip or grab onto (and often to take away)
  2. To confiscate or steal; to take forcibly.
  3. (rare) To entrap; to find and take control of.
  4. (rare) To find out about; to acquire knowledge or information about.
  5. (rare) To torment or injure; to cause fear or sorrow.

Usage notes

This verb tends to supplant gripen later in the Middle English period.

Conjugation

Conjugation of grippen (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) grippen, grippe
present tense past tense
1st-person singular grippe gripped
2nd-person singular grippest grippedest
3rd-person singular grippeth gripped
subjunctive singular grippe
imperative singular —
plural1 grippen, grippe grippeden, grippede
imperative plural grippeth, grippe —
participles grippynge, grippende gripped, ygripped

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

  • English: grip
  • Scots: grip

References

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