Faroese

Verb

drepa ‎(third person singular past indicative drap, third person plural past indicative drópu, supine dripið)

1. to kill
2. to capture (e.g. in chess)
3. to dip
4. to move
5. to get wet
6. to drop

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (kill): taka lívið av, taka av døgum, avlíva, veita bana, sláa í hel
• (capture): taka, beina fyri
• (dip): dýva, stinga
• (move): rørast
• (get wet): vatndrukna
• (drop): dryppa, leka

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse drepa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɛːpa/
• Rhymes: -ɛːpa

Verb

drepa ‎(strong verb, third-person singular past indicative drap, third-person plural past indicative drápu, supine drepið)

1. (transitive, intransitive, with accusative) to beat, hit
2. (transitive, intransitive, with accusative) to kill

   Ég drap hestinn.

   I killed the horse.

3. (transitive, intransitive, with dative) to dip

   Að drepa fingri í lækinn.

   To dip a finger in the brook.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• drepa á dyr
• drepa á
• drepa á sér
• drepast

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

drepa ‎(present tense drep, past tense drap, past participle drepe, passive infinitive drepast, present participle drepande, imperative drep)

1. Alternative form of drepe

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *drepaną ‎(“to strike, push, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhrebh-, *dhreb- ‎(“to crack, crush, kill”); cognate with Old English drepan, German treffen ‎(“hit, meet”).

Verb

drepa ‎(singular past indicative drap, plural past indicative drápu, past participle drepinn)

1. to beat, to hit, to push, to knock
2. to kill, to slay
3. to capture (e.g. in chess)

Descendants

References

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

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse drepa, from Proto-Germanic *drepaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɾɛ̀ːpɑ] (example of pronunciation)

Verb

drepa ‎(preterite dræp, plural dráp’, supine dripiþ)

1. to kill