Definitions
Definitions
1 hlaup
n. a leap; hann komsk með hlaupi undan, Eg. 12, Fms. xi. 247; hann tók hlaup heim til herbergis, i. 80; hark ok hlaup, Anal. 81: a leap, jump, Egill hljóp yfir díkit, en þat var ekki annarra manna hlaup, Eg. 531; mældu þeir Kári lengd hlaupsins með spjótskeptum sínum ok var tólf álnar, Nj. 145, v. l.; hljóp hann þá út af múrinum, þat var furðu-hátt hlaup, Fms. i. 104; h. kattarins, the bound of a cat, Edda 19: in local names, a leap, Flosa-hlaup, in the chasm in Alþingi, Völks. 1. 220; Hærings-hlaup, Grett. 149:—höfrunga-hlaup, playing like a dolphin; handa-hlaup, hand-leaping, using the hands and feet like a wheel (a boy’s game), Ísl. Þjóðs. ii. 243, 246.
2 hlaup
II. special usages, a sudden rise or flood, of rivers flowing from glaciers, see Eggert Itin.; af Höfðárhlaupi, því at hón hafði tekit marga bæi, Bs. i. 283; hlaup kom í ána, 469: jökul-hlaup, an ice stream or avalanche.
3 hlaup
β. coagulation, curds; mjólkr-hlaup, curdled milk; blóð-hlaup, curdled blood.
4 hlaup
γ. procession in brullaup or brúðlaup, a bride’s leap, bridal procession, see brúðkaup.
5 hlaup
δ. a law phrase, an attack, Grág. ii. 7; frum-hlaup, q. v.; áhlaup, an outburst; áhlaups-veðr, a sudden gale; áhlaupa-verk, q. v.: hlaupa-far, n. = frumhlaup, Bs. i. 658: hlaupa-för, f. an uproar, Sturl. ii. 104, 117: hlaupa-piltr, m. an errand boy, Bs. ii. 108.
6 hlaup
III. in mod. usage freq. = running, but seldom so, or not at all, in old writers.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
hlaup
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "hlaup" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).