risp
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- resp (Scotland)
Etymology edit
From Middle English rispen, from Old Norse rispa (“scratch”), from Proto-Germanic *ripsōną (“to rend; rip; tear open”), from Proto-Indo-European *reyb- (“to tear; snatch; pluck; reap”). Compare also Old Norse rifsa (“to plunder; reave”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
risp (third-person singular simple present risps, present participle risping, simple past and past participle risped)
Noun edit
risp (plural risps)
- A rubbing or grating together.
- 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!: Six Stories, New York, N.Y.: Scribner, →ISBN:
- [T]hat Greek waste silent but for the risp of the tettix and the wash of listless wind through the spare grass.