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Hlaup

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6 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.
Similar Words

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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

hlaup

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

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).

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch
chapter.
f.
feminine.
freq
frequent, frequently.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
gl
glossary.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
Linnæus.
loc
local, locally.
m.
masculine.
mod
modern.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
p.
page.
q. v.
quod vide.
sing
singular.
v.
vide, verb.
v. l.
varia lectio.

Works & Authors

Anal.
Analecta. (D. II.)
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Grett.
Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
Ísl. Þjóðs.
Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.
Itin.
Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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