grifen

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Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German grīfan, from Proto-West Germanic *grīpan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈɡriːfən/

Verb

grīfen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present grīfet, past tense greif, past participle gegriffen, past subjunctive griffe, auxiliary hān)

  1. to grab, to touch

Conjugation

Descendants

  • German: greifen

References

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “grifen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

Old High German

Verb

grīfēn

  1. third-person plural present subjunctive of grīfan