Keppa

Old Norse Dictionary - keppa

Meaning of Old Norse word "keppa"

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

Old Norse word keppa can mean:keppa

keppa
t, [kapp], to contend, strive hard, Am. 54, 61; keppa um e-t, Fms. iii. 214, Grág. i. 410; ef tveir menn keppa um einn hlut, Fb. i. 150; keppa við e-n, to contend with one, Nj. 29, Hkr. iii. 264.
keppa
II. reflex. to contest; þá kepptusk þeir svá mjök, at þeir rérusk svá nær, at þeir brutusk árarnar fyrir, Fms. v.ii. 216; kepptusk þau mjök um ágæta menn, vildi hvártveggja til sín hafa, i. 100; keppask til e-s, to strive after a thing; svá at hann keppisk til smárra hluta ok fær þó eigi, Ó. H. 87; eigi kepptumk ek til konungdómsins, Fms. v.ii. 219: k. við e-n, to contend with or against; eigi kepptisk hann auð við auðga menn, Róm. 347; Knúti konungi þótti hann keppask um skrautgirni við sik, Fms. v. 181; varask þú þat at þú keppisk við þér meiri menn, Eg. 21: absol., keppask við, to strive hard, do one’s best, Al. 154, Mag. 53: to be busy, work hard, freq. in mod. usage.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.
absol.
absolute, absolutely.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
l.
line.
mod.
modern.
reflex.
retlexive.
s. v.
sub voce.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Am.
Atla-mál. (A. II.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Hkr.
Heimskringla. (E. I.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Al.
Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Mag.
Magus Saga. (G. II.)
Ó. H.
Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
Róm.
Rómverja Saga. (E. II.)
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