Kreppa
Old Icelandic Dictionary - kreppaMeaning of Old Icelandic word "kreppa" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
kreppa Old Icelandic word can mean:
- kreppa
- I)
- kreppa
- f. strait, scrape (koma í kreppu).
- kreppa
- II)
- kreppa
- (-ta, -tr), v. to squeeze, press; ~ at e-m, to press hard on one (krepptu þeir svá hart at þorgrími, at hann); impers., e-n kreppir, one becomes crippled; krepptr, crippled (hón var kreppt öll, svá at báðir fœtr lágu bjúgir við knén).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚱᛁᛒᛒᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- e-m
- einhverjum.
- impers.
- impersonal.
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