Scottish or archaic past participle form meaning gripped; seized or held firmly.
From 'grip' (Old English 'gripan') plus Scottish/archaic past participle suffix '-it'. A dialectal variant preserved in Scottish English reflecting historical grammar patterns.
Grippit appears in Robert Burns' poetry—Scottish English preserved older verb forms that England's standard English dropped, and linguistic archaeologists can date manuscripts by whether they use 'grippit' or 'gripped'!
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