varp

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse varp, from Proto-Germanic *warpą, from Proto-Germanic *werpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *werb-. Cognate to Old High German warf and Old English wearp.

Pronunciation

Noun

varp n (genitive singular varps, nominative plural vörp)

  1. casting, throwing
  2. (of birds) laying of eggs
  3. breeding ground, nesting place
  4. (sewing) an edge sewn together such that the thread crosses the edge itself
  5. (weaving) warp (threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric)
  6. (mathematics) image (value mapped to from an input by a function)
  7. a long elevation in the landscape, especially one that acts as a watershed (drainage divide); ridge
  8. (slang) radio or television

Declension

declension of varp
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative varp varpið vörp vörpin
accusative varp varpið vörp vörpin
dative varpi varpinu vörpum vörpunum
genitive varps varpsins varpa varpanna

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse varp.

Noun

varp n (definite singular varpet, indefinite plural varp, definite plural varpa)

  1. (folklore) a heap of stones set nearby a way or forest path because of different reasons. According to the traditional belief, the trespassers must throw stones, coins or sticks onto this heap.

Synonyms

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *warpą, from Proto-Germanic *werpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *werb-.

Noun

varp n (genitive varps, plural vǫrp)

  1. casting, throwing
  2. (of birds) laying of eggs
  3. breeding ground, nesting place
Declension
  Declension of varp (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative varp varpit vǫrp vǫrpin
accusative varp varpit vǫrp vǫrpin
dative varpi varpinu vǫrpum vǫrpunum
genitive varps varpsins varpa varpanna
Descendants
  • Icelandic: varp
  • Faroese: varp
  • Norwegian Bokmål: varp
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: varp
  • Old Swedish: varp
  • Danish: varp

References

  • “varp”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

varp

  1. first/third-person singular past indicative of verpa
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