Old English · verb
arypan
Normalised ārȳpan
- Part of speech
- verb
- Verb class
- weak class 1
- IPA
- /ɑːˈryː.pɑn/
- Syllables
- ɑː · ˈryː · pɑn (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- rip
Meaning
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to tear off, rip
Nū wile monna sum mīn flǣsċ fretan, felles ne reċċeð, siþþan hē mē of sīdan seaxes orde hȳd ārȳpeð, …ec hr…þe siþþan iteð unsodene ea…
Now one of men wishes to eat my flesh, doesn't care for skin, since he tears hide from me by a point of knife's sides, since he eats uncooked…
c. 980, Exeter Book Riddle 77:
Conjugation
All forms (16)
Etymology
Related to rȳpan (“to rip”).
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