kreppa

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse kreppa, from Proto-Germanic *krimpaną.[1]

Noun

kreppa f (genitive singular kreppu, plural kreppur)

  1. crisis

Declension

f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kreppa kreppan kreppur kreppurnar
accusative kreppu kreppuna kreppur kreppurnar
dative kreppu kreppuni kreppum kreppunum
genitive kreppu kreppunnar kreppa kreppanna

Derived terms

References

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

kreppa f (genitive singular kreppu, nominative plural kreppur)

  1. crisis, difficulty
    Synonyms: vandi, vandræði, klípa, klemma
Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Norse kreppa, from Proto-Germanic *krimpaną.[1] Cognate to English crimp, via Middle English crempen, and to Dutch krimpen, via Middle Dutch crimpen.

Verb

kreppa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kreppti, supine kreppt)

  1. to bend tightly, to clench
Conjugation

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *krampijaną, causative of *krimpaną.

Noun

kreppa f (genitive kreppu)

  1. strait, scrape
    Synonym: krepping

Declension

Descendants

  • Icelandic: kreppa
  • Faroese: kreppa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kreppe
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kreppe

Verb

kreppa

  1. to squeeze, press
  2. (impersonal) to cripple (idiomatically translated as "become crippled" with the dative object as the subject)

Conjugation

Descendants

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kreppa1”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kreppa2”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive