"drepen" meaning in Middle English

See drepen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈdrɛpən/ (note: unlengthened), /ˈdrɛ̞ːpən/
Etymology: From Old English drepan, from Proto-West Germanic *drepan, from Proto-Germanic *drepaną. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|drepan}} Old English drepan, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*drepan}} Proto-West Germanic *drepan, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*drepaną}} Proto-Germanic *drepaną Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} drepen Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-st|drep|drap||drop|c=4|w=ed|y=0}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], drepen [infinitive], to drepen [infinitive], drepe [infinitive], drepe [first-person, present, singular], drap [first-person, past, singular], dreped [first-person, past, singular], drepest [present, second-person, singular], drape [past, second-person, singular], drepedest [past, second-person, singular], drepeth [present, singular, third-person], drap [past, singular, third-person], dreped [past, singular, third-person], drepe [present, singular, subjunctive], drape [past, singular, subjunctive], dreped [past, singular, subjunctive], drepe [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], drepen [plural, present], drepe [plural, present], drapen [past, plural], drape [past, plural], drepeden [past, plural], drepede [past, plural], drepeth [imperative, plural, present], drepe [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], drepynge [participle, present], drepende [participle, present], dropen [participle, past], drope [participle, past], dreped [participle, past], drepe [alternative], drep [alternative]
  1. To kill, slay
    Sense id: en-drepen-enm-verb-enm:to_strike Categories (other): Violence Disambiguation of Violence: 18 18 18 23 23
  2. To strike, hit
    Sense id: en-drepen-enm-verb-Fiy0z7yA Categories (other): Violence Disambiguation of Violence: 18 18 18 23 23
  3. (rare) To overcome, vanquish Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-drepen-enm-verb-s6iG1-hC Categories (other): Violence Disambiguation of Violence: 18 18 18 23 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): Death Disambiguation of Death: 0 0 0 0 0

Verb

IPA: /ˈdreːpən/
Etymology: From Old English drēopan, from Proto-West Germanic *dreupan, from Proto-Germanic *dreupaną. Doublet of droupen. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|drēopan}} Old English drēopan, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*dreupan}} Proto-West Germanic *dreupan, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*dreupaną}} Proto-Germanic *dreupaną, {{doublet|enm|droupen}} Doublet of droupen Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} drepen Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|drep}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], drepen [infinitive], to drepen [infinitive], drepe [infinitive], drepe [first-person, present, singular], dreped [first-person, past, singular], drepest [present, second-person, singular], drepedest [past, second-person, singular], drepeth [present, singular, third-person], dreped [past, singular, third-person], drepe [present, singular, subjunctive], dreped [past, singular, subjunctive], drepe [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], drepen [plural, present], drepe [plural, present], drepeden [past, plural], drepede [past, plural], drepeth [imperative, plural, present], drepe [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], drepynge [participle, present], drepende [participle, present], dreped [participle, past], ydreped [participle, past], drepe [alternative]
  1. To drip, spatter
    Sense id: en-drepen-enm-verb-enm:to_drop Categories (other): Violence Disambiguation of Violence: 18 18 18 23 23
  2. To droop, lower
    Sense id: en-drepen-enm-verb-eiEjjKwj Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Violence Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 14 14 14 22 36 Disambiguation of Violence: 18 18 18 23 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): Death Disambiguation of Death: 0 0 0 0 0

Alternative forms

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      "langcode": "enm",
      "name": "Death",
      "orig": "enm:Death",
      "parents": [],
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "drape",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
    {
      "form": "dreped",
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      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drepe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drape",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dreped",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drepe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drepen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drepe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drapen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drape",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drepeden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drepede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drepeth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drepe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drepynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drepende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dropen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drope",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "dreped",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drepe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drep",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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        "2": "verb"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "drep",
        "2": "drap",
        "3": "",
        "4": "drop",
        "c": "4",
        "w": "ed",
        "y": "0"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-st"
    }
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  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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          "_dis": "18 18 18 23 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Violence",
          "orig": "enm:Violence",
          "parents": [],
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        "To kill, slay"
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        [
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        ]
      ],
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        "enm:to strike"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "_dis": "18 18 18 23 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Violence",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To strike, hit"
      ],
      "id": "en-drepen-enm-verb-Fiy0z7yA",
      "links": [
        [
          "strike",
          "strike"
        ],
        [
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          "hit"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 18 18 23 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Violence",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              14,
              20
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              20,
              28
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Many thousands they overcame with hunger.",
          "ref": "p. 1154, “AD 1137”, in Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (MS. Laud Misc. 636, continuation), Peterborough, folio 89, verso; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 8 February 2018:",
          "text": "Mani þusen hi drapen mid hungær.",
          "translation": "Many thousands they overcame with hunger.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To overcome, vanquish"
      ],
      "id": "en-drepen-enm-verb-s6iG1-hC",
      "links": [
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          "overcome"
        ],
        [
          "vanquish",
          "vanquish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To overcome, vanquish"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdrɛpən/",
      "note": "unlengthened"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdrɛ̞ːpən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "drepen"
}

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      "_dis": "0 0 0 0 0",
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      "langcode": "enm",
      "name": "Death",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
    {
      "form": "drepen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to drepen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drepe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drepe",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drepest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drepedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drepeth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dreped",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drepe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dreped",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drepe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drepen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drepe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drepeden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drepede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drepeth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drepe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drepynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drepende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dreped",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ydreped",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drepe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "drepen",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "drep"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "18 18 18 23 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Violence",
          "orig": "enm:Violence",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To drip, spatter"
      ],
      "id": "en-drepen-enm-verb-enm:to_drop",
      "links": [
        [
          "drip",
          "drip"
        ],
        [
          "spatter",
          "spatter"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "enm:to drop"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 14 14 22 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 18 18 23 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Violence",
          "orig": "enm:Violence",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To droop, lower"
      ],
      "id": "en-drepen-enm-verb-eiEjjKwj",
      "links": [
        [
          "droop",
          "droop"
        ],
        [
          "lower",
          "lower"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdreːpən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "drepen"
}
{
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    "Middle English class 4 strong verbs",
    "Middle English doublets",
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
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          "ref": "p. 1154, “AD 1137”, in Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (MS. Laud Misc. 636, continuation), Peterborough, folio 89, verso; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 8 February 2018:",
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      "ipa": "/ˈdreːpən/"
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