såpe

From Norwegian såpe, såpa, from late Old Norse sápa, from Old English sāpe. Doublet of sæbe.

såpe c (singular definite såpen, plural indefinite såper)

1. (Norway) alternative form of sæbe (“soap”)
   • 1859, Ole Vig, edited by O. Arvesen, Enkelte af Ole Vigs Arbeider til Folkelæsning, page 282:

     […] der ikke lar sig vaske af med Lud og Saape, men maa have sin Tid, indtil den langt om længe vokser bort eller slides af.

     which doesn’t get off with lye or soap, but must have its time, until it eventually grows away or is worn off.

Used by Norwegian authors since the mid-1800s.

• Norwegian Bokmål: såpe m or f

Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:

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Through Norwegian Danish from Norwegian såpe, såpa, from late Old Norse sápa, from Old English sāpe, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ. Largely replaced older sepe, from Danish sæbe.

såpe f or m (definite singular såpa or såpen, indefinite plural såper, definite plural såpene)

1. soap

Used since the middle of the 19th century alongside the Low German-derived sepe, sæbe.

• såpeopera
• såpevann

• “såpe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

såpe

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• såpa (pre-2012)
• såba, såbe (dialectal)

From late Old Norse sápa, from Old English sāpe, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ. Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic sápa and Swedish såpa.

såpe f (definite singular såpa, indefinite plural såper, definite plural såpene)

1. soap

• “såpe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.