† dripe, v. Obs. rare.
[ME. drīpen:—OE. dr{yacu}pan, early WS. *dr{iacu}epan:—*draupjan, causal from au-grade of ablaut series *dreup-, draup-, drup: see drip v. and etymological Note to drop n.]
1. trans. To let drop, cause to fall in drops.
| c 893 K. ælfred Orosius iv. vii, Þe mon nime ænne eles dropan, and drype on an mycel fyr. c 1000 ælfric Hom. I. 118 Mine handa drypton myrran. c 1420 Pallad. on Husb. ii. 277 Ek of the yonge out trie Oon heer, oon theer, and elliswhere hem dripe. |
† 2. To moisten, wet with drops. Obs.
(In quot. 1573 prob. by ellipsis of prep. on.)
| c 1000 ælfric Hom. I. 330 He bæd..ðæt Lazarus moste his tungan drypan. 1573 Tusser Husb. xxxv. (1878) 78 Ye may, for driping his fellowes, that bough cut away. |