Hrapa

Old Norse Dictionary - hrapa

Meaning of Old Norse word "hrapa" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

hrapa Old Norse word can mean:

hrapa: að, to fall, tumble down, Fs. 70, Ann. 1339, Th. 76, Al. 76: to fall into an abyss, down a precipice, hröpuðu þeir af hæðinni, Landn. 147; h. til helvítis, Hom. 87; eg sá Satan svo sem eldingu h. af himni, Luke x. 18; hann hrapar í pyttinn, Fs. 158; h. ofan, Al. 146; hrapaði hann niðr í fjöruna, Fms. v.ii. 75; hann er að h. klett af klett, a ditty: of a shooting star, stjörnur munu af himnum h., MatTh. xxiv. 29, (stjörnu-hrap.)

hrapa: β. to fall in ruin; hvort hús mun yfir annat h., Luke xi. 17, xiii. 4; but not usual, ‘hrynja’ being used of a house, wall, tower, rock which falls; hrapa of a man who falls from them.

hrapa: II. to rush headlong, hurry; hrapa á fund e-s, Fms. i. 303; er þú hrapar svá til banans, vi. 115: h. í e-t, to rush into, H. E. i. 469; h. at e-u, to hurry on a thing, Fs. 41; ef maðr hrapar svá at grepti at kviðr berr at önd sé í brjósti, K. Þ. K. 26: with dat., eigi skulu þér h. því svá, Ölk. 36; hitt mundi mitt ráð at H. E.gi ferðinni, Eg. 577, Fms. v. 43; ok hrapaðir þeim svá til helvítis, vii. 123.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚱᛅᛒᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

v.: vide.

dat.: dative.

s. v.: sub voce.

Works & Authors cited:

Al.: Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)

Ann.: Íslenzkir Annálar. (D. IV.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)

Hom.: Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

Th.: Theophilus. (F. III.)

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

H. E.: Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)

K. Þ. K.: Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)

Ölk.: Ölkofra-þáttr. (D. II.)

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