Kaupa

Old Norse Dictionary - kaupa

Meaning of Old Norse word "kaupa" in English.

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

kaupa Old Norse word can mean:

kaupa: kaupir, pret. keypti, part. keypt; [Ulf. kaupatjan = κολαφίζειν and kaupon = πραγματεύεσθαι, Luke xix. 13; A. S. ceâpian; Old Engl. chop; North. E. coup; cp. Engl. cheapen, chaffer, couper, chap-man, etc. (see angr); Germ. kaufen; Dutch koopen; Swed. köpa; Dan. kjöbe; a word common to all Teut. languageS. The derivation from Lat. caupona is hardly admissible, whereas Grimm’s ingenious suggestion (Dict. iii. 198) connecting it with Goth. kaupatjan, which Ulf. uses = to strike in the face, is strongly borne out by the very form of the Icel. word;—since, first, this word, although having au as its root vowel, follows the 2nd and not the 1st weak conjugation; secondly, the vowel changes in preterite and participle, which is characteristic of a verb with an inflexive or characteristic j; thirdly, the t in the preterite (so far as is known) is never spelt with ð or þ,—keypti, not keypði or keypþi (see introduction to letter D, C. III. 2),—which indicates that the t is here radical and not inflexive. The Icel. word therefore represents in its tenses both the Gothic words,—kaupan in the present tense, kaupatjan in the preterite: the bargain was symbolized by ‘striking,’ hence the phrase ‘to strike’ a bargain, Dutch koopslagen.]

kaupa: B. To buy; magran mar kaupa, Hm. 83; kaupa frið, Skm. 19; opt kaupir sér í litlu lof, Hm. 51; vel-keyptr, 107; allan þann varning er þú kaupir ok selr, SkS. 20; hann keypti skip til ferðar, Mar. passim; keypti Njáll land í Ossabæ, Nj. 151, Grág. ii. 243; Vill Rútr görask mágr þinn ok kaupa dóttur þína, Nj. 3:—the bargain or price in dat., skal öln (dat.) kaupa geymslu á kú, Grág. i. 147, 466; kaupa land verði, ii. 243; k. sex álnum, i. 466; kaupa mey (konu) mundi, þá er kona mundi keypt, er mörk sex álna aura er goldin at mundi eðr handsöluð, eðr meira fé ella, 175; gulli keypta léztú Gýmis dóttur, LS. 42.

kaupa: 2. absol. to make a bargain; þótt vér kaupim eigi, Nj. 49: kaupa kaupi, to bargain; eigi kemr mér þat í hug at Snorri kaupi sínu kaupi betr þótt hann gefi þér mat, Eb. 182; k. dýrt, to buy dearly, metaph., Parc., Str. 50.

kaupa: II. with prepp.; kaupa saman, to bargain, Hkv. Hjörv. 3; kaupa á braut, to buy one off; þess væntir mik, at þú sér vel þessu á braut kaupandi, well worth being bought off at this price, FmS. xi. 56:—k. við e-n, to make a bargain, come to terms with one, Nj. 40, Fb. ii. 75:—k. um, to barter, exchange; keypti hann um lönd við Guðrúnu Ósvífrs-dóttur, Eb. 282; kaupa klæðum (klæði um?) við e-n, to exchange clothes with one, FmS. ii. 156; mælt var at þau mundi kaupa um lönd, Snorri ok Guðrún, Ld. 248; drottning keypti um sonu við ambátt, FaS. ii. 59:—k. e-t at e-m, to buy of one; hann keypti at Þorgeiri, Íb. 11 (cꜹpti MS.); þat er mitt eyrendi at k. at þér kvikfé, FmS. vi. 103, Ld. 96, Fb. ii. 75.

kaupa: III. reflex., rétt er at maðr láti kaupask verk at, hire oneself out, Grág. i. 468: svá mikit sem mér kaupisk í, as much as I gain by it, Band. 31 new Ed.; ef ek vissa, at þat keyptisk í, at …, that it would be gained by it, FmS. v. 138; mikit kaupisk nú í, much is gained, vii. 116; slíkt sem mér kaupisk í, xi. 285.

kaupa: 2. recipr., þar sem menn kaupask saman at lögum, to bargain with one another, Gþl. 477; á þat urðu vit sáttir er vit keyptumk við, Fb. ii. 78; þegar er ér kaupisk við, Eb. 112; öðrumtveggja þeim er við hafa keypzk, Grág. i. 227: the phrase, komask at keyptu, to pay dearly for, smart for it, Eg. 64, Háv. 46, Karl. 401.

kaupa: 3. pasS., ekki munu frændr Grettis ausa út fé fyrir verk hans ef honum kaupisk enginn friðr, Grett. 126 A; sem í þessi ferð muni mér þá engi frami kaupask, St. Odd. 10.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

cp.: compare.

Dan.: Danish.

Engl.: English.

etc.: et cetera.

f.: feminine.

gen.: genitive.

Germ.: German.

gl.: glossary.

Goth.: Gothic.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

l.: line.

Lat.: Latin.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

North. E.: Northern English.

part.: participle.

pret.: preterite.

S.: Saga.

Swed.: Swedish.

Teut.: Teutonic.

Ulf.: Ulfilas.

dat.: dative.

absol.: absolute, absolutely.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

v.: vide.

reflex.: retlexive.

s. v.: sub voce.

pr.: proper, properly.

recipr.: reciprocally.

pass.: passive.

Works & Authors cited:

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Hm.: Hává-mál. (A. I.)

Ls.: Loka-senna. (A. I.)

Mar.: Maríu Saga. (F. III.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Skm.: Skírnis-mál. (A. I.)

Sks.: Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)

Eb.: Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)

Str.: Strengleikar. (G. II.)

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Hkv.: Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)

Hkv. Hjörv.: Helga-kviða Hjörvarðssonar. (A. II.)

Íb.: Íslendinga-bók. (D. I.)

Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

Band.: Banda-manna Saga. (D. II.)

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

Gþl.: Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)

Háv.: Hávarðar Saga. (D. II.)

Karl.: Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)

Grett.: Grettis Saga. (D. II.)

Odd.: Stjörnu-Odda draumr. (D. V.)

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