Part of speech: verb
Verb type: strong verb (1)
1) to grab, grasp, grip; to lay hold on; 2) to catch, seize, take prisoner
Etymology
[← Prot-Germ *grīpan; OE ȝrípan (Mod E gripe); O Fris grīpa; O Sax grīpan; Dt grijpen; OHG grīfan (Mod G greifen); Icel grípa; Dan gribe; Sw gripa ← Indo-Europ *ghreib-; Lith gróbti “to grab, seize”; O Slav грабити “to grab, seize; to take away (from), deprive (of)”; (Russ грабить “to rob, plunder”)]
Concordance
greipiþ - 2 pers, pl, imper - Mrk. XIV, 44
gripuþ - 2 pers, pl, p, indicat - Mrk. XIV, 49
gripun - 3 pers, pl, p, indicat - Mrk. XIV, 51
greipan - inf - Mrk. XIV, 48
gripuþ - 2 pers, pl, p, indicat - Mrk. XIV, 49
gripun - 3 pers, pl, p, indicat - Mrk. XIV, 51
greipan - inf - Mrk. XIV, 48
Paradigm
4.1.1.1. (a)
| I class | infinitive | preterite singular | preterite plural | past participle |
| normal grade | normal grade | zero grade | zero grade | |
| i/ă | -i- | -a- | zero | zero |
| additional element of vowel gradation for this class is [-i-] | i + i = ii [ī] | a + i = ai | zero + i = ĭ | zero + i = ĭ |
| to grab, grasp, grip | greipan | graip | gripum | gripans |
| to show; to tell, announce | teihan [-i:-] |
taih [-ai-] |
taihum [-ɛ-] |
taihans [-ɛ-] |
See the complete paradigm of the conjugation of strong verbs
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