clyppan

From West Proto-Germanic *klupjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gelb(ʰ)-, *gleb(ʰ)- (“to squeeze while holding”), from *gel- (“to roll up together, into a ball; round object”) with an extra b(ʰ). Related to Lithuanian glóbti (“to hug, to embrace; to take, to grab for oneself; to cover, to wrap; to save, to help”), Old Prussian galbimai (“help”) (dative), poglabū (“he cuddled, hugged”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈklyp.pɑn/

clyppan

1. to hug
2. to cherish
3. to clasp

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• beclyppan
• clypping
• ymbclyppan

• Middle English: cleppen, cluppen, clippen
  • English: clip

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.