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drapa

drapa

See also: dräpa

English

Noun

drapa (plural drapur)

  1. A heroic, laudatory verse form in old Icelandic, popular between the 10th and 13th centuries and featuring a refrain
    • 1997, Bernard Scudder (tranlator), Egil's Saga, in The Sagas of Icelanders (Penguin 2001, p. 91)
      Egil composed a drapa in praise of the king which includes the following verse —

Alternative forms

  • drápa

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French

Verb

drapa

  1. third-person singular past historic of draper

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

  • drapjo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdrapa]

Verb

drapa

  1. third-person singular present of drapaś

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

drapa n

  1. definite plural of drap

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

drapa n

  1. definite plural of drap