Definitions
Definitions
1 teppa
1. t, [tappi], to confine, enclose, shut in; vildi eigi láta teppa sik þar, Rd. 303; ok teppir oss inni, Stj. 526; teppa eyrun á hesti, to stop the ears, Karl. 282; vera inni tepptr í váginum, Fms. xi. 63; teppa þá inni í dölunum, viii. 60.
2 teppa
2. to close, stop, bar; teppa e-m stig, to stop the way for one, Al, 20.
3 teppa
2. u, f. an obstruction; medic., andar-teppa, ‘breath-stoppage,’ croup (Fr. la grippe); tíða-t., stoppage of menstruation.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
teppa
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "teppa" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).