mundgripe

Old English

Etymology

mund (“hand”) +‎ gripe (“grip”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmundɡripe/

Noun

mundgripe m

(poetic) grasp, hand-grip
- c. 700, Beowulf, 379-381
  [...] þyder tō þance, þæt hē þrtiges
  manna mægencræft on his mundgripe
  heaþorōf hæbbe. Hine hālig God [...]
  Francis Barton Gummere translation:
  
  [...] thither for thanks, —he has thirty men’s
  heft of grasp in the gripe of his hand,
  the bold-in-battle. Blesséd God [...]

Declension

Declension of mundgripe (strong i-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	mundgripe	mundgripe, mundgripas
accusative	mundgripe	mundgripe, mundgripas
genitive	mundgripes	mundgripa
dative	mundgripe	mundgripum

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