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krybe

Pronunciation: /kryːbə/

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

verb

  1. to crawl, creep (to move slowly or carefully)
  2. to grovel, cringe (to be humble or fearful in the face of somebody)
  3. to climb (to get up and down on a ladder on a scale)
  4. to shrink (to get smaller)

Etymology

From Old Danish krypæ, from Old Norse krjúpa, from Proto-Germanic *kreupaną. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål krype, Swedish krypa, English creep, Dutch kruipen.

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