krjúpa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse krjúpa, from Proto-Germanic *kreupaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (turn, wind). Cognate with Norwegian krype, Swedish krypa, Danish krybe, English creep, Dutch kruipen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰrjuːpa/
    Rhymes: -uːpa

Verb

krjúpa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative kraup, third-person plural past indicative krupu, supine kropið)

  1. (intransitive) to kneel down, to genuflect, to get down on one's knees

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kreupaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (turn, wind).

Verb

krjúpa (singular past indicative kraup, plural past indicative krupu, past participle kropinn)

  1. to creep, crouch
    • 1066, Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson, Lausavísur 14, in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 55-6., retrieved at the Skaldic Database
      Krjúpum vér fyr vápna
      (valteigs) brǫkun eigi
      (svá bauð Hildr) at hjaldri
      (haldorð) í bug skjaldar.
      We [I] do not creep into the hollow of the shield in battle because of the crash of weapons; thus the faithful Hildr <valkyrie> of the falcon-field [ARM > WOMAN] commanded.
  2. to fall prostrate, kneel

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: krjúpa
  • Faroese: krúpa
  • Norwegian:
  • Old Swedish: krȳpa
  • Old Danish: krȳpæ
  • Elfdalian: kriuopa
  • Gutnish: kräupe
  • Scanian: krýba

References

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