ræpan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *raipijaną, *raipōną (“to tie, bind”), from Proto-Germanic *raipaz (“string, strap, band, rope”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- (“to peel off, rip, tear; strip, strap”). Compare Old High German bireifen (“to wrap up, bind”), Old Norse reipa (“to fasten with rope”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈræː.pɑn/

Verb

rǣpan

1. to bind with rope, make captive

Conjugation

Conjugation of rǣpan (weak class 1)

infinitive	rǣpan	rǣpenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	rǣpe	rǣpte
second person singular	rǣpest, rǣpst	rǣptest
third person singular	rǣpeþ, rǣpþ	rǣpte
plural	rǣpaþ	rǣpton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	rǣpe	rǣpte
plural	rǣpen	rǣpten
imperative
singular	rǣp
plural	rǣpaþ
participle	present	past
	rǣpende	(ġe)rǣped

Derived terms

• ġerǣpan
• rǣpling

Related terms

• rāp

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “rǣpan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.