beclip

beclip · verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*glemb-
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*bi-“be-”
3. Old English · inherited frombeclyppan“to clip, clasp, embrace, enfold”
4. Middle English · inherited frombeclippen
5. English todaybeclip

From Middle English beclippen, from Old English beclyppan (“to clip, clasp, embrace, enfold”), from Proto-Germanic *bi- (“be-”) + *klumpijaną (“to hold, clench”), from Proto-Indo-European *glemb-, *glembʰ- (“to hold, clench”), equivalent to be- + clip. Compare also Middle English umbeclippen (“to embrace”). See also umbeclip.

beclip · verb²

From be- + clip.

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