gleypa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gleypa, from Proto-Germanic *glaupijaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkleiːpa/
  • Rhymes: -eiːpa

Verb

gleypa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gleypti, supine gleypt)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to gulp, to swallow
    Synonym: renna niður
  2. (transitive, with accusative) to absorb

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • gleypa við (“to swallow whole”)
  • gleypur (“absorbent, porous”)
  • gljúpur (“porous, permeable; sodden”)

References

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013), “gleupan”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 181
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