Keppa

Old Icelandic Dictionary - keppa

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "keppa" in English.

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

keppa Old Icelandic word can mean:

keppa: (-ta, -t), v. to contend, strive hard;

keppa: ~ um e-t, to contend for or about a thing;

keppa: ~ við e-n, to contend with one;

keppa: refl., ~st, to exert oneself;

keppa: ~ við e-n, to contend with or against one;

keppa: ~ til e-s or um e-t, to strive after, contend for a thing.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛁᛒᛒᛅ

Abbreviations used:

e-t: eitthvat.

e-s: einhvers.

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