*grīpaną

Runic: ᚷᚱᛁᛈᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈɣriː.pɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 1

Meanings

to grab, grasp

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (‘to grab, grasp’). Cognate with Lithuanian griẽbti (‘to seize’), graibýti (‘idem’), Latvian gribêt (‘to wish, desire’).

Conjugation

Present active

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	grīpō	grīpaų	–
2nd singular	grīpizi	grīpaiz	grīp
3rd singular	grīpidi	grīpai	grīpadau
1st dual	grīpōz	grīpaiw	–
2nd dual	grīpadiz	grīpaidiz	grīpadiz
1st plural	grīpamaz	grīpaim	–
2nd plural	grīpid	grīpaid	grīpid
3rd plural	grīpandi	grīpain	grīpandau

Present passive

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	grīpai	–
2nd singular	grīpazai	grīpaizau
3rd singular	grīpadai	grīpaidau
1st dual	–	–
2nd dual	–	–
1st plural	grīpandai	grīpaindau
2nd plural	grīpandai	grīpaindau
3rd plural	grīpandai	grīpaindau

Past

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	graip	gripį̄
2nd singular	graift	gripīz
3rd singular	graip	gripī
1st dual	gripū	gripīw
2nd dual	gripudiz	gripīdiz
1st plural	gripum	gripīm
2nd plural	gripud	gripīd
3rd plural	gripun	gripīn

Non-finite Forms

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
grīpaną	grīpandz	gripanaz

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Descendants

*grīpan (Proto-West Germanic)
- grīpan (Old Dutch)
  - gripen (Middle Dutch)
    - griepe (Limburgish)
*grīpan (Proto-West Germanic)
- grīpan (Old Dutch)
  - gripen (Middle Dutch)
    - grijpen (Dutch)
      - gryp (Afrikaans)
*grīpan (Proto-West Germanic)
- grīpan (Old English)
  - gripen (Middle English)
    - gripe (English)
    - gripe (Scots)
*grīpan (Proto-West Germanic)
- *gripper (Old French)
  - gripper (French)
    - grippe (French)
*grīpan (Proto-West Germanic)
- grīpa (Old Frisian)
  - gripe (North Frisian)
  - griepe (Saterland Frisian)
  - gripe (West Frisian)
*grīpan (Proto-West Germanic)
- grīfan (Old High German)
  - grinfia (Italian)
*grīpan (Proto-West Germanic)
- grīfan (Old High German)
  - grīfen (Middle High German)
    - graifan (Cimbrian)
    - greifen (German)
    - gräifen (Luxembourgish)
*grīpan (Proto-West Germanic)
- grīfan (Old High German)
  - grifer (Old French)
    - griffer (French)
*grīpan (Proto-West Germanic)
- grīpan (Old Saxon)
  - grîpen (Middle Low German)
    - griepen (Low German)
    - jriepen (Plautdietsch)
grípa (Old Norse)
- gribe (Danish)
- grípa (Faroese)
- grípa (Icelandic)
- gripe (Norwegian Bokmål)
- gripa (Norwegian Nynorsk)
grípa (Old Norse)
- grīpa (Old Swedish)
  - gripa (Swedish)
𐌲𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍀𐌰𐌽 (greipan) (Gothic)

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