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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1569-1650
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Gripe, Grype, v. [ME. grype, gripe, OE. gripan, ON. Grípa, or var. spelling of Grip v.] a. tr. and intr. To grip, grasp. b. To feel (the pulse). a1400 Legends of the Saints xliii. 476.
For thi hir gert he bryng hyme til, To grype the gudis in-to wil (a1570-86 Dunb.) Maitland Folio MS xiii. 47.
Quhen vthair hors hed brane to byt I gat bot gris, grype giff I wald 1596 Dalr. I. 152/23.
Bot how gret … force obteines a wicked consuetude, and how greidilie men gripis til it, quhen anes it is offirit 1596 Ib. 328/14.
Quhen … his infirmitie was sa scharpe, and sa fercelie with vehemence gripit him 1604 Dundonald Par. Rec. 52.
Kaithrein Makteir … gripit hir airm and it tuik ane grait dollour thairof 1650 Elgin Rec. II. 275.
Scho took the bairne be the arme and griped her puls
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