drepa

From Old Norse drepa.

drepa (third person singular past indicative drap, third person plural past indicative drópu, supine dripið)

1. to kill
2. to capture (e.g. in chess)
3. to dip
4. to move
5. to get wet
6. to drop

• (kill): taka lívið av, taka av døgum, avlíva, veita bana, sláa í hel
• (capture): taka, beina fyri
• (dip): dýva, stinga
• (move): rørast
• (get wet): vatndrukna
• (drop): dryppa, leka

From Old Norse drepa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɛːpa/
• Rhymes: -ɛːpa

drepa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative drap, third-person plural past indicative drápu, supine drepið)

1. (transitive, intransitive, with accusative) to beat, hit
2. (transitive, intransitive, with accusative) to kill

   Ég drap hestinn.

   I killed the horse.

3. (transitive, intransitive, with dative) to dip

   Að drepa fingri í lækinn.

   To dip a finger in the brook.

• drepa á dyr
• drepa á
• drepa á sér
• drepast

drepa (present tense drep, past tense drap, past participle drepe, passive infinitive drepast, present participle drepande, imperative drep)

1. Alternative form of drepe

From Proto-Germanic *drepaną (“to strike, push, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhrebh-, *dhreb- (“to crack, crush, kill”); cognate with Old English drepan, German treffen (“hit, meet”).

drepa (singular past indicative drap, plural past indicative drápu, past participle drepinn)

1. to beat, to hit, to push, to knock
2. to kill, to slay
3. to capture (e.g. in chess)

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

From Old Norse drepa, from Proto-Germanic *drepaną (“to strike, push, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhrebh-, *dhreb- (“to crack, crush, kill”).

drepa

1. To kill, to slay.
2. To butcher.