hlaupa

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną, from Proto-Indo-European *klewb- (“to spring, stumble”).

Verb

hlaupa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative hljóp, third-person plural past indicative hlupu, supine hlaupið)

  1. (intransitive) to run
    Synonym: renna
  2. (intransitive) to leap, jump, spring
  3. (intransitive, of clothing) to shrink
  4. (intransitive, of rivers) to flood
  5. (intransitive) to congeal, to turn to jelly
    Synonym: storkna
Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

hlaupa

  1. indefinite genitive plural of hlaup

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną, whence also Old English hlēapan ( > English leap), Old Frisian hlapa ( > West Frisian ljeppe), Old Saxon hlōpan ( > Low German lopen), Dutch lopen, Old High German hlaufan ( > German laufen). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *klewb- (“to spring, stumble”).

Verb

hlaupa (singular past indicative hljóp, plural past indicative hljópu, past participle hlaupinn)

  1. to leap, jump, spring

Conjugation

Conjugation of hlaupa — active (strong class 7)
infinitive hlaupa
present participle hlaupandi
past participle hlaupinn
indicative present past
1st-person singular hleyp hljóp
2nd-person singular hleypr hljópt
3rd-person singular hleypr hljóp
1st-person plural hlaupum hljópum, hlupum
2nd-person plural hlaupið hljópuð, hlupuð
3rd-person plural hlaupa hljópu, hlupu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular hlaupa hlýpa, hlypa
2nd-person singular hlaupir hlýpir, hlypir
3rd-person singular hlaupi hlýpi, hlypi
1st-person plural hlaupim hlýpim, hlypim
2nd-person plural hlaupið hlýpið, hlypið
3rd-person plural hlaupi hlýpi, hlypi
imperative present
2nd-person singular hlaup
1st-person plural hlaupum
2nd-person plural hlaupið
Conjugation of hlaupa — mediopassive (strong class 7)
infinitive hlaupask
present participle hlaupandisk
past participle hlaupizk
indicative present past
1st-person singular hlaupumk hljópumk, hlupumk
2nd-person singular hleypsk hljópzk
3rd-person singular hleypsk hljópsk
1st-person plural hlaupumsk hljópumsk, hlupumsk
2nd-person plural hlaupizk hljópuzk, hlupuzk
3rd-person plural hlaupask hljópusk, hlupusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular hlaupumk hlýpumk, hlypumk
2nd-person singular hlaupisk hlýpisk, hlypisk
3rd-person singular hlaupisk hlýpisk, hlypisk
1st-person plural hlaupimsk hlýpimsk, hlypimsk
2nd-person plural hlaupizk hlýpizk, hlypizk
3rd-person plural hlaupisk hlýpisk, hlypisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular hlaupsk
1st-person plural hlaupumsk
2nd-person plural hlaupizk

Descendants

References

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