hlaupa

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈl̥œiːpa]
• 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

   Synonym: renna

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

   Synonym: storkna

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	hleyp	hljóp		hlaupa	hlýpa, hlypa
2nd person singular	hleypr	hljópt		hlaupir	hlýpir, hlypir
3rd person singular	hleypr	hljóp		hlaupi	hlýpi, hlypi
1st person plural	hlaupum	hljópum, hlupum		hlaupim	hlýpim, hlypim
2nd person plural	hlaupið	hljópuð, hlupuð		hlaupið	hlýpið, hlypið
3rd person plural	hlaupa	hljópu, hlupu		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			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	hlaupumk	hljópumk, hlupumk		hlaupumk	hlýpumk, hlypumk
2nd person singular	hleypsk	hljópzk		hlaupisk	hlýpisk, hlypisk
3rd person singular	hleypsk	hljópsk		hlaupisk	hlýpisk, hlypisk
1st person plural	hlaupumsk	hljópumsk, hlupumsk		hlaupimsk	hlýpimsk, hlypimsk
2nd person plural	hlaupizk	hljópuzk, hlupuzk		hlaupizk	hlýpizk, hlypizk
3rd person plural	hlaupask	hljópusk, hlupusk		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

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “hlaupa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive