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Old English word for grip

5 headwords match “grip”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; gripe ranks first.

  1. 1

    gripe

    score 24

    noun, masculine · strong i-stem · 5 inflected forms

    grip — grip, clutch, grasp

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular gripe
    genitive singular gripes
    dative singular gripe
    accusative singular gripe
    nominative plural gripas
    genitive plural gripa
  2. 2

    grippan

    score 17

    verb · weak class 1 · 15 inflected forms

    grip — to seize; grip

    • appears in the definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative grippe
    first-person singular past indicative gripede
    second-person singular present indicative gripest
    second-person singular past indicative gripedest
    third-person singular present indicative gripeþ
    third-person singular past indicative gripede
  3. 3

    grap

    score 15

    noun, feminine · strong ō-stem · 4 inflected forms

    grip — grip, grasp, clutches

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular grāp
    genitive singular grāpe
    dative singular grāpe
    accusative singular grāpe
    nominative plural grāpa, grāpe
    genitive plural grāpa
  4. 4

    clam

    score 9

    noun, masculine · strong a-stem · 12 inflected forms

    grip — bond, fetter, grip, grasp

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular clām
    genitive singular clāmes
    dative singular clāme
    accusative singular clām
    nominative plural clāmas
    genitive plural clāma
  5. 5

    gripan

    score 6

    verb · strong class I · 14 inflected forms

    grip — to gripe, grip, grab

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative grīpe
    first-person singular past indicative grāp
    second-person singular present indicative grīpst
    second-person singular past indicative gripe
    third-person singular present indicative grīpþ
    third-person singular past indicative grāp

How this ranking works

Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “grip” gets the points below; the candidates are then sorted by total. The score is shown on each entry above so the order can be checked rather than trusted.

The English word opens the headword's definition+10
It appears later in the first definition+6
It appears in any definition+3
It is in the headword's links+2
It is listed as an English descendant (etymological evidence)+9
The headword has an inflection table+3
Part of speech is a proper noun−5
Part of speech is a verb (-ian derivations are noisy)−3
The headword is an alternative form−6
The first definition is longer than three words−2

A candidate has to be a real headword with its own entry: inflected forms and grammatical terminology (genitive, nominative, preterite, …) never appear here.

Not one of these?

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