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gribe

“gribe” is a Danish word. Its 4 meanings in English:

verb

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

Etymology

From Old Danish gripæ, 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.

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