gripe vb. (commonly said of grief in the 16th cent.)
1.
to clutch or grasp “at”
Per. I. i. 49.
2.
to clutch, seize,
grasp (lit. and fig.)
Wiv. I. iii. 92
“Let vultures thy
guts,”
John IV. ii. 190, 1H4 V. i. 57,
H8 II. ii. 136
“to be g-'d by”
(=join hands with); absol. Cym. III. i. 40.
3.
to grieve, afflict
3H6 I. iv. 171
“To see how inly sorrow
gripes his soul.”
