Steypa

Old Norse Dictionary - steypa

Meaning of Old Norse word "steypa" in English.

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

steypa Old Norse word can mean:

steypa: ð and t, [a causal answering to stúpa, staup]:—to ‘make stoop,’ cast down, overthrow (Germ. stürzen), with dat.; at vér steypim hánum, Fms. vii. 261; s. þínum úvinum, viii. 220; at eigi mætti ofsi lögum s., x. 120, Hkr. i. 72; s. niðr e-u, to throw down, Barl. 152; s. hjálminum þeim inum gullroðna, Fms. vii. 242; þeir steyptu fimm konungum í eina keldu, Ó. H. 69; hann steypir sér fram, stooped down, Karl. 161.

steypa: 2. to let sink down, put on (or off) a smock-formed garment; hann tók selbelgi ok steypti yfir höfuð þeim, Fms. i. 10; s. kyrtli yfir e-n, Blas. 46; hann steypti á sik grárri kápu, Fms. vii. 289; s. af sér brynjunni, kyrtli (= Lat. exuere), i. 43, vi. 421, Fb. ii. 214: of a hood, hann hafði loðkápa yzt ok steypt hettinum, he let the hood sink over the face, Fms. ii. 149.

steypa: II. to pour out, with dat.; steypa soði á leiði hans, Fms. vii. 251; steypa viðsmjörvi í vár hjörtu, Mar.; hann lét s. þar á gullinu, poured the gold out into it, Hkr. iii. 80; hann tók byttu eina fulla af drykk, ok steypti yfir dokkuna, ok kældi svá eldinn, Fms. x. 54; s. vatni í munnlaug, Mar.; þá er sínu blóði hafa út steypt, 671. 4; tekr örvarnar ok steypir þeim niðr fyrir sik, Nj. 107; s. heitu vaxi á andlit sér, Fms. vi. 153, vii. 30, 225: s. út, to pour out; s. út geislum, Sks. 48: s. niðr, to pour down: s. yfir e-n, to pour out over one, Fms. i. 97.

steypa: III. reflex. to tumble down, fall stooping, Germ. stü;rzen; steypðisk hann dauðr á gólfit, Fms. iii. 193; Þorkell steyptisk yfir hann, Fagrsk. 52; jarl steyptisk fram á gólfit, Orkn. 48; hón steyptisk í gljúfrin, Grett. 141; iðrin steyptusk ór honum ofan í ána, id.; steypask yfir borð, to plunge overboard, Fms. i. 178, Hkr. i. 239; þá steypumk á þá ofan fyrir brekkuna. let us plunge upon them, like a stream, Fms. vii. 297: of a waterfall, forsinn steypisk fram af berginu.

steypa: 2. part., in the phrase, með steyptum kertum, with candles reversed in the ceremony of excommunication, H. E. i. 146, Stat. 283, Sturl. iii.

steypa: B. With acc. [staup; Dan. stöbe], to cast, found; steypa skurðgoð, guða af málmi, Barl. 139, Stj. 188, 583; steyptr kálfi, Sks. 574; steypt af kopar ok málmi, Fms, vii, 97, passim in old and mod. usage: svelli var steypt í gilit, lumps of ice, Mar.: metaph., rendering of Lat. fundere, s. fram bæn = fundere preces, id.

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

Abbreviations used:

dat.: dative.

Germ.: German.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

Lat.: Latin.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

n.: neuter.

reflex.: retlexive.

part.: participle.

acc.: accusative.

Dan.: Danish.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

mod.: modern.

Works & Authors cited:

Barl.: Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)

Karl.: Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)

Ó. H.: Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)

Blas.: Blasius Saga. (F. III.)

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Mar.: Maríu Saga. (F. III.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Sks.: Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)

Fagrsk.: Fagrskinna. (K. I.)

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

Orkn.: Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)

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

Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

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