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ǿpa

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Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *wōpijaną. Cognate with Old English wēpan (whence English weep).

Verb

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ǿpa

  1. to cry out, shout
    • 800s, Anonymous, Hávamǫ́l (‘the speeches of the High One’), stanza 138
      Við hlęifi mik sældut / né við hornigi
      nýsta’k niðr / nam’k upp rúnar
      ǿpandi nam / fell’k aptr þaðan.
      By loaf one gladdened me not, nor by any horn; I peered down, I took up the runes; screaming I took them; I fell back thence.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of ǿpa — active (weak class 1)
infinitive ǿpa
present participle ǿpandi
past participle ǿptr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular ǿpi ǿpta ǿpa ǿpta
2nd person singular ǿpir ǿptir ǿpir ǿptir
3rd person singular ǿpir ǿpti ǿpi ǿpti
1st person plural ǿpum ǿptum ǿpim ǿptim
2nd person plural ǿpið ǿptuð ǿpið ǿptið
3rd person plural ǿpa ǿptu ǿpi ǿpti
imperative present
2nd person singular ǿp, ǿpi
1st person plural ǿpum
2nd person plural ǿpið
Conjugation of ǿpa — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive ǿpask
present participle ǿpandisk
past participle ǿpzk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular ǿpumk ǿptumk ǿpumk ǿptumk
2nd person singular ǿpisk ǿptisk ǿpisk ǿptisk
3rd person singular ǿpisk ǿptisk ǿpisk ǿptisk
1st person plural ǿpumsk ǿptumsk ǿpimsk ǿptimsk
2nd person plural ǿpizk ǿptuzk ǿpizk ǿptizk
3rd person plural ǿpask ǿptusk ǿpisk ǿptisk
imperative present
2nd person singular ǿpsk, ǿpisk
1st person plural ǿpumsk
2nd person plural ǿpizk

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: æpa
  • Faroese: øpa, epa
  • Norwegian Bokmål: øpe
  • Old Swedish: ø̄pa
  • Old Danish: ø̄pæ