glæpur

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse glœpr, from Proto-Germanic *glopi-, related to *glappōną (“to slip off”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰlobʰ-neh₂-.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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glæpur m (genitive singular glæps, nominative plural glæpir)

  1. crime

Declension

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    Declension of glæpur
m-s2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative glæpur glæpurinn glæpir glæpirnir
accusative glæp glæpinn glæpi glæpina
dative glæp glæpnum glæpum glæpunum
genitive glæps glæpsins glæpa glæpanna

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “glappon”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 180
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