såpe

From Norwegian såpe, såpa, from late Old Norse sápa, from Old English sāpe. Doublet of sæbe.

såpe c (singular definite såpen, plural indefinite såper)

1. (Norway) alternative form of sæbe (“soap”)
   • 1859, Ole Vig, O. Arvesen, editor, Enkelte af Ole Vigs Arbeider til Folkelæsning, page 282:

     […] der ikke lar sig vaske af med Lud og Saape, men maa have sin Tid, indtil den langt om længe vokser bort eller slides af.

     […] which doesn’t get off with lye or soap, but must have its time, until it eventually grows away or is worn off.

Used by Norwegian authors since the mid-1800s.

• Norwegian Bokmål: såpe m or f

Through Norwegian Danish from Norwegian såpe, såpa, from late Old Norse sápa, from Old English sāpe, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ. Largely replaced older sepe, from Danish sæbe.

såpe f or m (definite singular såpa or såpen, indefinite plural såper, definite plural såpene)

1. soap

Used since the middle of the 19th century alongside the Low German-derived sepe, sæbe.

• såpeopera
• såpevann

• “såpe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• såpa (pre-2012)
• såba, såbe (dialectal)

From late Old Norse sápa, from Old English sāpe, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ. Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic sápa and Swedish såpa.

såpe f (definite singular såpa, indefinite plural såper, definite plural såpene)

1. soap

• “såpe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.