Tapa
Old Norse Dictionary - tapa
Meaning of Old Norse word "tapa"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word tapa can mean:tapa
- tapa
- að, [Swed. tapa; Dan. tabe]:—to lose, with dat.; eigi hefir þú tapat örlyndinni, BS. i. 53; þar tapaði hón kambi sínum, Ld. 10; tapa lífi ok sæmd, Bær. 14; tapa sama sínum, MS. 4. 10.
- tapa
- 2. to destroy, kill; tapa mínu lífi, to put one to death, FmS. viii. 240; biðr hann tapa piltinum. FS. 145, Merl. 1. 28; tapa sveininum ok drepa hann, Mar.; tapa sér sjálfum, Barl. 123.
- tapa
- II. reflex. to be lost, Fb. ii. 391; töpuðusk þau heit öll, came to nought, FmS. v. 113: to perish, Clem. 26.
- tapa
- 2. part. tapaðr, lost = Lat. perditus, Barl. 133; fortapaðr, forlorn, n. T.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛅᛒᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- dat.
- dative.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- part.
- participle.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Bær.
- Bærings Saga. (G. II.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
- Merl.
- Merlinus Spa. (A. III.)
- Clem.
- Clements Saga. (F. III.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- N. T.
- New Testament.