Drype

Part of speech: verb, noun

Definitions

1. Archaic word meaning to let liquid fall slowly in drops, as water dripping from a leaking roof
2. An obsolete spelling of drip, describing liquid that falls in small separate drops from a surface
3. To trickle or fall in single drops, the way moisture slowly leaks from something above

Etymology: "Drype" is an old spelling of "drip," a word that goes back to Old English "dryppan," meaning to fall in drops. Its ancestry is Germanic, and it sits close to "drop," which comes from the same root. The two words diverged in form over the centuries, with "drip" settling as the standard spelling while older variants like this one faded. I am less certain of the exact dates when "drype" was written and how widely it was used, so treat those details as unconfirmed.