Hlaupa

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

hlaupa Old Icelandic word can mean:

hlaupa

(hleyp; hljóp, hljópum; hlaupinn), v.

hlaupa

1) to leap, jump (hann hljóp meirr en hæð sina);

hlaupa

hljópu þeir á hesta sína, they sprang upon their horses;

hlaupa

~ fyrir borð, útbyrðis, to leap overboard;

hlaupa

~ á sund, to leap into the water;

hlaupa

~ upp, to spring to one’s feet, start up (þá hljópu varðmerm upp);

hlaupa

2) = renna, to run (þeir ~ eptir, en hann kemst á skóg undan);

hlaupa

refl., ~st á brott, to run away;

hlaupa

3) of a river, to flood;

hlaupa

hjlópu vötn fram ok leysti árnar, the waters rose in flood and the ice was broken;

hlaupa

of ice, mikit svell var hlaupit upp (there was a great sloping sheet of ice) öðru megin fljótsins;

hlaupa

4) with preps.:

hlaupa

~ at e-m, ~ á e-n, to attack one;

hlaupa

~ á, to come suddenly on, spring up, of a gale (þá hljóp á útsynningr steinóði);

hlaupa

~ saman, of a wound, to heal over;

hlaupa

~ í sundr, to open up again (sárit var hlaupit í sundr).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛚᛅᚢᛒᛅ

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• Old Norse - Cleasby & Vigfusson Dictionary
• Old Norwegian - Johan Fritzner's Dictionary