Old English · noun

drepe

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong i-stem
IPA: /ˈdre.pe/
Syllables: ˈdre · pe (2 syllables)
Modern English: deathblow stroke slaying

Meaning

a stroke, deathblow
a slaying
a violent death

Declension

Declension of drepe
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	drepe	drepas
Accusative	drepe	drepas
Genitive	drepes	drepa
Dative	drepe	drepum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dripi (“strike, blow, deathblow”), from Proto-Germanic *drepaną (“to strike, slay, kill”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (“to crush, grind, kill”). Akin to Old Norse drep (“blow, deathblow”), Old Norse dráp (“deathblow”), Middle High German tref (“a strike, hit”), Old English drepan (“to kill”).

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