Likely onomatopoeic. Compare German knabbern, knappern, knuppern.
knapra (present knaprar, preterite knaprade, supine knaprat, imperative knapra)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | knapra | knapras | ||
Supine | knaprat | knaprats | ||
Imperative | knapra | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | knapren | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | knaprar | knaprade | knapras | knaprades |
Ind. plural1 | knapra | knaprade | knapras | knaprades |
Subjunctive2 | knapre | knaprade | knapres | knaprades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | knaprande | |||
Past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
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