drjúpa

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See also: drjupa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse drjúpa, from Proto-Germanic *dreupaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrew-.

Pronunciation

Verb

drjúpa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative draup, third-person plural past indicative drupu, supine dropið)

  1. (intransitive) to drip, to fall in drops
    Synonym: leka

Conjugation

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dreupaną.

Verb

drjúpa (singular past indicative draup, plural past indicative drupu, past participle dropinn)

  1. (intransitive) to drip, fall in drops
  2. to let it rain, be leaky
  3. to droop with the head
    Synonym: drúpa

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: drjúpa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: drypa, drype
  • Swedish: drypa

References

  • drjúpa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press