yppa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse yppa, from Proto-Germanic *uppijaną (to raise, lift).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪhpa/
    Rhymes: -ɪhpa

Verb

yppa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative yppti, supine yppt)

  1. to lift, raise (most often used of raising the shoulders or a hat)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • yppa öxlum

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

yppa

  1. inflection of yppe:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *uppijaną (to raise, lift).

Verb

yppa (singular past indicative ypti, plural past indicative yptu, past participle yptr)

  1. to lift, raise
  2. to announce [+dative]
    • Óðins nǫfn 1/1
      Nú skal’k yppa · Óðins nǫfnum
      Now I shall announce the names of Óðinn

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: yppa
  • Faroese: yppa
  • Norwegian:
  • Swedish: yppa
  • Danish: yppe

References

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

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish yppa, from Old Norse yppa, from Proto-Germanic *uppijaną. Cognate of Danish yppe, Middle Low German uppen, Old English yppan.

Verb

yppa

  1. reveal, disclose, divulge
    yppa en hemlighet
    reveal a secret
  2. (reflexive) come forth, appear, present itself, arise, turn up
    ett tillfälle yppade sig
    an opportunity presented itself

Usage notes

The passive voice is identical in meaning to the reflexive form. Thus ett tillfälle yppas means the same as ett tillfälle yppade sig.

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

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