gripen

From Old Dutch grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣriːpən/

gripen

1. to grab
2. to attack, to overwhelm
3. to understand

• Dutch: grijpen
• Limburgish: griepe

• “gripen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “gripen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

From Old English grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną. Cognates include Middle Dutch gripen, Old Swedish grīpa, Middle High German grifen and Middle Low German grîpen.

• grypen, grype, gripe

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡriːpən/

gripen

1. To grip or grab onto (often to take away)
2. To confiscate or steal; to take forcibly.
3. To make material gains come into one's possession.
4. To find out about (to acquire knowledge or information)
5. To torment or injure; to cause fear or sorrow.

This verb tends to be supplanted by grippen later in the Middle English period.

• English: gripe
• Scots: gripe, grip

• “grīpen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-04.

From gripe (“grip”) +‎ -en (plural suffix).

gripen

1. plural of gripe (“grip”)

gripen

1. Alternative form of grippen

gripen

1. past participle of gripa

gripen

1. inflection of gripar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡriːpɛn/

gripen

1. definite singular of grip

• IPA^(key): /²ɡriːpɛn/

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gripen

1. past participle of gripa

• gripne