Sleppa
Old Norse Dictionary - sleppa
Meaning of Old Norse word "sleppa"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word sleppa can mean:sleppa
- sleppa
- 1. t, [Dan. slippe], the causal of the preceding word:—to make slip out of one’s hand, let slip, with dat.; Þorgils hafði sleppt öxinni, Th. had laid the axe away, Fs. 131: freq. in mod. usage, slepptu mér, let me go.
- sleppa
- 2. u, f. a nickname, Fms. ix. 294 (= slappi?).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛚᛁᛒᛒᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- dat.
- dative.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- f.
- feminine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Th.
- Theophilus. (F. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)