Old English · noun

grap

Normalised grāp

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: strong ō-stem
IPA: /ɡrɑːp/
Syllables: ɡrɑːp (1 syllable)
Modern English: grope clutches grip grasp

Meaning

grip, grasp, clutches

Declension

Declension of grap
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	grāp	grāpa grāpe
Accusative	grāpe	grāpa grāpe
Genitive	grāpe	grāpa
Dative	grāpe	grāpum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *graipu, from Proto-Germanic *graipō, related to *grīpaną (“to grasp, grab”). Cognate with Middle Low German grēpe, Middle Dutch grepe (Dutch greep), Old High German greifa, Old Norse greip (Swedish grep and Danish greb).

Descendants

grope

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