Old English · noun
mundgripe
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong i-stem
- IPA
- /ˈmundˌɡri.pe/
- Syllables
- ˈmund · ˌɡri · pe (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- hand-gripgrasp
Meaning
-
grasp, hand-grip
manna mægencræft on his mundgripe heaþorōf hæbbe. Hine hālig God [...]
Francis Barton Gummere translation: … thither for thanks, —he has thirty men’s heft of grasp in the gripe of his hand, the bold-in-battle. Blesséd God …
[...] þyder tō þance, þæt hē þrtiges
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mundgripe | mundgripas |
| Accusative | mundgripe | mundgripas |
| Genitive | mundgripes | mundgripa |
| Dative | mundgripe | mundgripum |
All forms (5)
Etymology
mund (“hand”) + gripe (“grip”)
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