different between rype vs wype

English

Etymology 1

Danish rype.

Noun

rype (plural rypes)

1. A bird, the ptarmigan.
   • 1909, Knowledge and Illustrated Scientific News (volume 32, page 426)

     The rypes and our red grouse are identically the same bird, though disease has never been known in the former, and even interbreeding with the red grouse, to the limited extent they are ever likely to do, should do more good than harm.

Etymology 2

Adjective

rype

1. Obsolete spelling of ripe

Anagrams

• prey, pyre

Danish

Etymology

From Norwegian rype, from Old Norse rjúpa (“ptarmigan”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ry?p?/, [??y?b??]

Noun

rype c (singular definite rypen, plural indefinite ryper)

1. ptarmigan (of the genus Lagopus)

Inflection

References

• “rype” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse rjúpa.

Noun

rype f or m (definite singular rypa or rypen, indefinite plural ryper, definite plural rypene)

1. a grouse or ptarmigan (genus Lagopus)
2. (colloquial, slightly vulgar) girl

Derived terms

• fjellrype
• lirype

References

• “rype” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• rjupa, rjupe, rypa

Etymology

From Old Norse rjúpa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ry?p?/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

rype f (definite singular rypa, indefinite plural ryper, definite plural rypene)

1. a grouse or ptarmigan (genus Lagopus)
2. (colloquial, slightly vulgar) girl

Derived terms

• fjellrype
• lirype

References

• “rype” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Noun

wype (plural wypes)

1. (Britain, dialect) The wipe, or lapwing.

Middle English

Verb

wype

1. Alternative form of wipen