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keppr

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

Possibly borrowed from or from the same ultimate source as Latin cippus (“stake, post”).[1][2]

Noun edit

keppr m (genitive kepps, plural keppar)

  1. cudgel, club

Declension edit

  Declension of keppr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative keppr kepprinn keppar kepparnir
accusative kepp keppinn keppa keppana
dative keppi keppinum keppum keppunum
genitive kepps keppsins keppa keppanna

Descendants edit

  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kjepp
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kjepp
  • Old Swedish: käpper
  • Danish: kæp

References edit

  • “keppr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  1. ^ Kurtz, J. (2013). Dictionnaire Etymologique des Anglicismes et des Américanismes. France: Books on Demand Editions, p. 237
  2. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “chip”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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