Keppa

Old Norse Dictionary - keppa

Meaning of Old Norse word "keppa" in English.

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

keppa Old Norse word can mean:

keppa: t, [kapp], to contend, strive hard, Am. 54, 61; keppa um e-t, Fms. iii. 214, Grág. i. 410; ef tveir menn keppa um einn hlut, Fb. i. 150; keppa við e-n, to contend with one, Nj. 29, Hkr. iii. 264.

keppa: II. reflex. to contest; þá kepptusk þeir svá mjök, at þeir rérusk svá nær, at þeir brutusk árarnar fyrir, Fms. v.ii. 216; kepptusk þau mjök um ágæta menn, vildi hvártveggja til sín hafa, i. 100; keppask til e-s, to strive after a thing; svá at hann keppisk til smárra hluta ok fær þó eigi, Ó. H. 87; eigi kepptumk ek til konungdómsins, Fms. v.ii. 219: k. við e-n, to contend with or against; eigi kepptisk hann auð við auðga menn, Róm. 347; Knúti konungi þótti hann keppask um skrautgirni við sik, Fms. v. 181; varask þú þat at þú keppisk við þér meiri menn, Eg. 21: absol., keppask við, to strive hard, do one’s best, Al. 154, Mag. 53: to be busy, work hard, freq. in mod. usage.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.: masculine.

absol.: absolute, absolutely.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

l.: line.

mod.: modern.

reflex.: retlexive.

s. v.: sub voce.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Am.: Atla-mál. (A. II.)

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

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

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

Mag.: Magus Saga. (G. II.)

Ó. H.: Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)

Róm.: Rómverja Saga. (E. II.)

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