gribe

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse grípa (“to grab”), from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grasp, grab”). Cognate with Swedish gripa, Norwegian Bokmål gripe, Icelandic grípa, English gripe, West Frisian gripe, Low German griepen, Dutch grijpen, German greifen.

Verb

gribe (imperative grib, present griber, past greb, past participle n grebet, c greben, pl grebne)

1. catch
2. seize, grab, grasp, grip, clutch
3. overcome
4. affect, move

Derived terms

• angribe
• begribe
• foregribe
• forgribe
• pågribe