Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse dreypa (to let fall in drops), causative of drjúpa (to drip, to fall in drops). Cognate with Old English driepan, Old High German tropfōn (> German tropfen).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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dreypa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative dreypti, supine dreypt)

  1. (transitive, with dative) to sprinkle
  2. (intransitive, with preposition á) to sip

Conjugation

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