Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAlternative form of grasp.
From Middle English grapsen, re-unmetathesised version of graspen (“to grasp”), from Old English *grǣpsian. Compare to its equally unmetathesised cognates German Low German grapsen (“to grab; grasp”), German grapsen, Saterland Frisian Grapse (“double handful”).
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