From nēp + flōd. IPA(key): /<span class="searchmatch">ˈneːpˌfloːd</span>/ <span class="searchmatch">nēpflōd</span> m (nominative plural nēpflōdas) a very low tide; a neaptide ebba hēahflōd...
Norse háflæðr (“a high flood-tide”). IPA(key): /ˈxæ͜ɑːxˌfloːd/, [ˈhæ͜ɑːxˌfloːd] hēahflōd m (nominative plural hēahflōdas) high tide deep water <span class="searchmatch">nēpflōd</span>...
Danish niptid (“neap tide”), German Nipptide (“neap tide”), Old English <span class="searchmatch">nēpflōd</span> (“neap tide”). IPA(key): /ˈniːpˌtaɪd/, /ˈnɪpˌtaɪd/ neap tide (plural neap...
alternative form of nap (“drinking bowl”) IPA(key): /neːp/ nēp scanty, lacking <span class="searchmatch">nēpflōd</span> Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “nép”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary...
from Proto-Germanic *nōpiz (“narrow”). Found especially in Old English <span class="searchmatch">nēpflōd</span> (“neap tide”, literally “low tide”). Compare Norwegian dialectal nøpen...