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drepe

Pronunciation: /ˈdre.pe/

“drepe” is an Old English word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a stroke, deathblow
  2. a slaying
  3. a violent death

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dripi (“strike, blow, deathblow”), from Proto-Germanic *drepaną (“to strike, slay, kill”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (“to crush, grind, kill”). Akin to Old Norse drep (“blow, deathblow”), Old Norse dráp (“deathblow”), Middle High German tref (“a strike, hit”), Old English drepan (“to kill”).

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