glepja

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Verb

glepja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative glapti, supine glapið)

  1. to confuse, to confound
  2. to distract
  3. to seduce, to debauch

Conjugation

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glepja — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að glepja
supine
(sagnbót) 		glapið
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		glepjandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég glep við glepjum present
(nútíð) 		ég glepji við glepjum
þú glepur þið glepjið þú glepjir þið glepjið
hann, hún, það glepur þeir, þær, þau glepja hann, hún, það glepji þeir, þær, þau glepji
past
(þátíð) 		ég glapti við glöptum past
(þátíð) 		ég glepti við gleptum
þú glaptir þið glöptuð þú gleptir þið gleptuð
hann, hún, það glapti þeir, þær, þau glöptu hann, hún, það glepti þeir, þær, þau gleptu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		glep (þú) glepjið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
gleptu glepjiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
glepjast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að glepjast
supine
(sagnbót) 		glapist
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		glepjandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég glepst við glepjumst present
(nútíð) 		ég glepjist við glepjumst
þú glepst þið glepjist þú glepjist þið glepjist
hann, hún, það glepst þeir, þær, þau glepjast hann, hún, það glepjist þeir, þær, þau glepjist
past
(þátíð) 		ég glaptist við glöptumst past
(þátíð) 		ég gleptist við gleptumst
þú glaptist þið glöptust þú gleptist þið gleptust
hann, hún, það glaptist þeir, þær, þau glöptust hann, hún, það gleptist þeir, þær, þau gleptust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		glepst (þú) glepist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
glepstu glepisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
glapinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		glapinn glapin glapið glaptir glaptar glapin
accusative
(þolfall) 		glapinn glapta glapið glapta glaptar glapin
dative
(þágufall) 		glöptum glapinni glöptu glöptum glöptum glöptum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		glapins glapinnar glapins glapinna glapinna glapinna
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		glapti glapta glapta glöptu glöptu glöptu
accusative
(þolfall) 		glapta glöptu glapta glöptu glöptu glöptu
dative
(þágufall) 		glapta glöptu glapta glöptu glöptu glöptu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		glapta glöptu glapta glöptu glöptu glöptu

Synonyms

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *glapjaną (“to confuse”)

Verb

glepja (singular past indicative glapti, plural past indicative glǫptu, past participle glapiðr or glaptr)

  1. to confuse (someone)
  2. to confound
  3. to beguile

Conjugation

Conjugation of glepja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive glepja
present participle glepjandi
past participle glaptr, glapiðr
indicative present past
1st-person singular glep glapta
2nd-person singular glepr glaptir
3rd-person singular glepr glapti
1st-person plural glepjum glǫptum
2nd-person plural glepið glǫptuð
3rd-person plural glepja glǫptu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular glepja glepta
2nd-person singular glepir gleptir
3rd-person singular glepi glepti
1st-person plural glepim gleptim
2nd-person plural glepið gleptið
3rd-person plural glepi glepti
imperative present
2nd-person singular glep
1st-person plural glepjum
2nd-person plural glepið
Conjugation of glepja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive glepjask
present participle glepjandisk
past participle glapsk, glapizk
indicative present past
1st-person singular glepjumk glǫptumk
2nd-person singular glepsk glaptisk
3rd-person singular glepsk glaptisk
1st-person plural glepjumsk glǫptumsk
2nd-person plural glepizk glǫptuzk
3rd-person plural glepjask glǫptusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular glepjumk gleptumk
2nd-person singular glepisk gleptisk
3rd-person singular glepisk gleptisk
1st-person plural glepimsk gleptimsk
2nd-person plural glepizk gleptizk
3rd-person plural glepisk gleptisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular glepsk
1st-person plural glepjumsk
2nd-person plural glepizk

Descendants

  • Icelandic: glepja

References

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