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Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *waipaz and cognate to Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍀𐍃 (waips, “wreath, crown”).
Noun
veipr m
- (hapax) A kind of headcloth
c. 1220, Snorri Sturluson, edited by Jón Sigurðsson, Edda Snorra Sturlasonar / Edda Snorronis Sturlæi., published 1852, page 494:Skeptingr (hǫfvðvkr) […] veipr […]- Headscarf (headcloth). veipr
Declension
Unknown.