Middle English Dictionary Entry
gripel adj.
Entry Info
Forms | gripel adj. |
Etymology | OE gripul |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Covetous, grasping.
Associated quotations
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)7336 : Þu sulf ært swiðe gripel; Þine gumen sunden ȝefere.