kreppa

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

kreppa f (genitive singular kreppu, plural kreppur)

1. crisis

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰrɛhpa/
• Rhymes: -ɛhpa

kreppa f (genitive singular kreppu, nominative plural kreppur)

1. crisis, difficulty

   Synonyms: vandi, vandræði, klípa, klemma

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

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

1. to bend tightly, to clench

• krimpa — Old East Norse

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

kreppa f (genitive kreppu)

1. strait, scrape

   Synonym: krepping

kreppa

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

• kroppinn
• kroppr m

• Icelandic: kreppa
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kreppe

• 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