DREYPA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

DREYPA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 DREYPA

t and ð, [drjúpa, draup], to drop, put a drop of fluid, wine, medicine, etc., into the mouth of one sick, fainting, and the like, the fluid in dat.; d. e-u á e-t, or í munn em; hann dreypir vígðu vatni í munn henni, Bs. i. 199; at hann dreypi vatni á tungu mína, Greg. 23, Luke xvi. 24; d. víni á e-n (of fainting), Fas. iii. 508, 571; hann dreypti á konuna þar til at hon raknaði við, ii. 151: to dip, at hann dreypi í vatn enum minsta fingri sínum, Greg. 22, Luke xvi. 24, where the N. T. of 1540 sqq. has, at hann ‘drepi’ hinu fremsta síns fingrs í vatn.

Runic Inscription

ᛏᚱᛁᚢᛒᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

dat.
dative.
etc.
et cetera.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors

Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Greg.
Gregory. (F. II.)
N. T.
New Testament.

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