Kippa

Old Icelandic Dictionary - kippa

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "kippa" in English.

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

kippa Old Icelandic word can mean:

kippa
I)
kippa
(-ta, -t), v. to pull, snatch, draw quickly (Egill kipti at sér sverð-inu); hann kippir mönnum at sér, he gets men together; ~ ofan seglinu, to pull the sail down; impers., e-m kippir í kyn (um e-t), one resembles his kinsmen (in something);
kippa
refl., ~st um e-t, to struggle with one another about a thing; ~ við, to make a sudden motion (kippist hann svá hart við, at jörð öll skelfr).
kippa
II)
kippa
f. bundle, string (of).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛁᛒᛒᛅ

Abbreviations used:

e-t
eitthvat.
e-m
einhverjum.
impers.
impersonal.
f.
feminine.

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