hlaupa

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̥œi̯ːpa/
• Rhymes: -œi̯ːpa

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną, from Proto-Indo-European *klewb- (“to spring, stumble”).

Verb

hlaupa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative hljóp, third-person plural past indicative hlupu, supine hlaupið)

1. (intransitive) to run
2. (intransitive) to leap, jump, spring
3. (intransitive, of clothing) to shrink
4. (intransitive, of rivers) to flood
5. (intransitive) to congeal, to turn to jelly

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

• (congeal): storkna
• (run): renna

Derived terms

Derived terms

• hlaup
• hlaupa apríl
• hlaupa á glæ
• hlaupa á sig
• hlaupa eins og fætur toga
• hlaupast
• hlaupast undan merkjum (to desert)

Related terms

• hleypa

Etymology 2

Noun

hlaupa

1. indefinite genitive plural of hlaup

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną, whence also Old English hlēapan ( > English leap), Old Frisian hlapa ( > West Frisian ljeppe), Old Saxon hlōpan ( > Low German lopen), Dutch lopen, Old High German hlaufan ( > German laufen). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *klewb- (“to spring, stumble”).

Verb

hlaupa (singular past indicative hljóp, plural past indicative hljópu, past participle hlaupinn)

1. to leap, jump, spring

Conjugation

Conjugation of hlaupa — active (strong class 7)

infinitive	hlaupa
present participle	hlaupandi
past participle	hlaupinn
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	hleyp	hljóp
2nd-person singular	hleypr	hljópt
3rd-person singular	hleypr	hljóp
1st-person plural	hlaupum	hljópum, hlupum
2nd-person plural	hlaupið	hljópuð, hlupuð
3rd-person plural	hlaupa	hljópu, hlupu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	hlaupa	hlýpa, hlypa
2nd-person singular	hlaupir	hlýpir, hlypir
3rd-person singular	hlaupi	hlýpi, hlypi
1st-person plural	hlaupim	hlýpim, hlypim
2nd-person plural	hlaupið	hlýpið, hlypið
3rd-person plural	hlaupi	hlýpi, hlypi
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	hlaup
1st-person plural	hlaupum
2nd-person plural	hlaupið

Conjugation of hlaupa — mediopassive (strong class 7)

infinitive	hlaupask
present participle	hlaupandisk
past participle	hlaupizk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	hlaupumk	hljópumk, hlupumk
2nd-person singular	hleypsk	hljópzk
3rd-person singular	hleypsk	hljópsk
1st-person plural	hlaupumsk	hljópumsk, hlupumsk
2nd-person plural	hlaupizk	hljópuzk, hlupuzk
3rd-person plural	hlaupask	hljópusk, hlupusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	hlaupumk	hlýpumk, hlypumk
2nd-person singular	hlaupisk	hlýpisk, hlypisk
3rd-person singular	hlaupisk	hlýpisk, hlypisk
1st-person plural	hlaupimsk	hlýpimsk, hlypimsk
2nd-person plural	hlaupizk	hlýpizk, hlypizk
3rd-person plural	hlaupisk	hlýpisk, hlypisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	hlaupsk
1st-person plural	hlaupumsk
2nd-person plural	hlaupizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: hlaupa
• Faroese: leypa
• Norn: lopa
• Norwegian Nynorsk: laupa
• Elfdalian: lopa
• Old Swedish: lø̄pa
  • Swedish: löpa
    • → Elfdalian: löpa
• Old Danish: løpæ
  • Danish: løbe
    • Norwegian Bokmål: løpe
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: løpa
  • Scanian: lǿba
• Old Gutnish: laupa
  • Gutnish: laupe
• → Middle English: lopen, loupen, laupen
  • English: lope
  • Scots: lowp, loup
  • Yola: laupe

References

• “hlaupa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press