Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand. · Ability to resist slippage when pressed in contact with another object or surface. · A place to grip; a handle; the portion of a handle that the hand occupies. · Ellipsis of pistol grip.
To take hold (of), particularly with the hand. · To figuratively take hold of or grasp. · Of an emotion or situation: to have a strong effect upon. · To firmly hold the attention of.
Verb from Middle English grippen, from Old English grippan, from a Proto-Germanic *gripjaną (compare Old High German gripfen); compare the related Old English grīpan, whence English gripe. See also grope, and the related Proto-Germanic *grīpaną. Noun from Middle English grippe, gripe, an amalgam of Old English gripe (“grasp, hold”) (cognate with German Griff) and Old English gripa (“handful”) (cognate with Swedish grepp).
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- Inherited-form mentiongrippenenm
- Inherited-form mentiongrippanang
- Inherited-form mention*gripjanągem-pro
- Cognate mentiongripfengoh
- Cognate mentiongrīpanang
- Cognate mention*grīpanągem-pro
- Inherited-form mentiongrippeenm
- Inherited-form mentiongripeang
- Cognate mentionGriffde
- Inherited-form mentiongripaang
- Cognate mentiongreppsv
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