Drepa

Old Icelandic Dictionary - drepa

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "drepa" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

drepa Old Icelandic word can mean:

drepa: (drep; drap, drápum; drepinn), v.

drepa: I. with acc. or absol.;

drepa: 1) to stike, beat, knock;

drepa: ~ e-n vendi, to strike one with a rod;

drepa: hann tók hörpu sína ok drap strengi (struck the strings) til sláttar; ~ járn, to hammer iron;

drepa: ~ or ~ högg á dyrr, to knock at the door;

drepa: ~ botn úr keraldi, to knock the bottom out of a tub;

drepa: at eigi drepir þú mik í dúp, that you knock me not into the deep;

drepa: ~ í hel, í dauða, til heljar, to smite to death;

drepa: 2) to kill, slay (skulu vér nú fara at honum ok ~ hann);

drepa: 3) in a game of chess, to take a piece (þá drap jarl af honum riddara);

drepa: 4) to produce by a blow or blows;

drepa: ~ eld, to strike, fire (= ~ upp eld);

drepa: ~ slóð, to make a trail (drápu kyrtlarnir döggslóðina);

drepa: 5) with prep., ~ af, to kill, slaughter (cattle);

drepa: ~ niðr, to kill off (þótt hirðmenn þínir sé drepnir niðr sem svn);

drepa: ~ sik ór dróma, to get rid of (throw off) a fetter;

drepa: ~ til e-s, to strike, hit, at one;

drepa: ~ e-t undir sik, to knock or drag down (skaltu standa hiá, er fjándi sá drepr mik undir sik);

drepa: ~ upp eld = ~ eld;

drepa: ~ e-t út, to divulge a thing;

drepa: ~ yfir e-t, to hide, suppress;

drepa: drap hann brátt yfir (he soon mastered) harm sinn;

drepa: 6) refl., ~st, to perish, die, esp. of cattle (fé hans drapst aldri af drephríðum);

drepa: recipr. to put one another to death (þá diepast menn fyrir ágirni sakir);

drepa: ~ menn fyrir, to kill one another’s men;

drepa: 7) impers., drepr honuin aldregi ský (acc.) í augu, his eyes never get clouded;

drepa: ofrkappit (acc.) drepr fyrir þeim (their high spirits break down), þegar haminjan brestr; drap þó heldr í fyrir honum, he rather grew worse, his eyes grew weaker;

drepa: nú drepr ór hljóð (acc.) fyrst ór konunginum, the king became silent at once;

drepa: þá drap stall ór hjarta hans, his heart failed;

drepa: ofan drap flaugina, the vane was knocked down;

drepa: regn (acc.) drepr í gegnum et, the rain beats through (the thatch);

drepa: II. with dat.;

drepa: 1) to put, thrust;

drepa: hendi drap á kampa, he put his hand to his beard;

drepa: ~ fœti (fótum) í eð, to strike (knock) one’s foot against, stumble over (drap fótunum í þrøskuldinn ok lá fallinn);

drepa: ~ höfði, to droop (with) the head (Egill drap höfðin niðr í feld sinn);

drepa: ~ fingri í munn sér, to put the finger into the mouth;

drepa: ~ hendi til es, við em, to give one a slap with the hand;

drepa: ~ hendi við e-u, to wave away with the hand to refuse a kind offer (~ hendi við boðnu gulli);

drepa: 2) to tuck up the sleeves or skirts of a garment (hann hafði drepit upp skautunum);

drepa: ~ hári undir belti sér, to tuck the hair under the belt (of a lady);

drepa: 3) to dip, immerse;

drepa: ~ skeggi (the beard) í Breiðafjörð, to be drowned in B. ~ barni I vatn, to baptize a child;

drepa: 4) ~ orði, dómi á et, to talk, judge of;

drepa: ~ huldu á et, to hide, keep secret;

drepa: ~ e-u á dreif, see dreif; fig., ~ í egg e-u, to turn a deaf ear to;

drepa: 5) spoil (~ gleði, teiti es);

drepa: ~ kosti es, to destroy one’s happiness;

drepa: impers. drap þá skjótt kosti, the cheer was soon gone;

drepa: 6) ~ niðr e-u, to suppress (~ niðr konungs rétti, illu orði);

drepa: ~ niðr sœmd es, to drag down one’s reputation, to disparage one;

drepa: ~ niðr máli, to quash a lawsuit.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚱᛁᛒᛅ

Abbreviations used:

absol.: absolute, absolutely.

acc.: accusative.

e-s: einhvers.

e-t: eitthvat.

esp.: especially.

impers.: impersonal.

dat.: dative.

e-u: einhverju.

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