drepan

From Proto-West Germanic *drepan, from Proto-Germanic *drepaną (“to beat, hit, strike, kill”).

drepan

1. to reach (a place)
   • hiro kind drephent ad supernam Ierusalem

     their children reach the heavenly Jerusalem

2. to achieve, accomplish
   • samo thaz wighus ouerdrephet andere gezimbere

     as the watchtower surpasses other buildings

     (literally, “over-achieves; as overtreffen”)

• Middle Dutch: drēpen
  • Limburgish: draepe

• “drepan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

From Proto-West Germanic *drepan, from Proto-Germanic *drepaną (“to beat, hit, strike, kill”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdre.pɑn/

drepan

1. to strike, beat, hit
2. to kill, slay
3. to overcome

• drepe

• Middle English: drepen, drepe, drep
  • >? English: drib, drub
  • >? Scots: drib, drub

From Proto-West Germanic *drepan, from Proto-Germanic *drepaną (“to beat, hit, strike, kill”).

drepan

1. to strike, beat, hit
2. to kill