gleypa

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse gleypa, from Proto-Germanic *glaupijaną.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

gleypa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gleypti, supine gleypt)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to gulp, to swallow
    Synonym: renna niður
  2. (transitive, with accusative) to absorb

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Related terms[edit]

  • gleypur (absorbent, porous)
  • gljúpur (porous, permeable; sodden)

References[edit]

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) “gleupan”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 181