fleipa

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

fleipa

1. preterite of fleipe
2. past participle of fleipe

Noun

fleipa n

1. (non-standard since 2020) definite plural of fleip

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse fleipa (“to babble, tattle”).

Verb

fleipa (present tense fleipar, past tense fleipa, past participle fleipa, passive infinitive fleipast, present participle fleipande, imperative fleipa/fleip)

1. to joke

References

• “fleipa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• fleipra

Verb

fleipa

1. to babble, tattle

Conjugation

Conjugation of fleipa — active (weak class 2)

infinitive	fleipa
present participle	fleipandi
past participle	fleipaðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	fleipa	fleipaða
2nd-person singular	fleipar	fleipaðir
3rd-person singular	fleipar	fleipaði
1st-person plural	fleipum	fleipuðum
2nd-person plural	fleipið	fleipuðuð
3rd-person plural	fleipa	fleipuðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	fleipa	fleipaða
2nd-person singular	fleipir	fleipaðir
3rd-person singular	fleipi	fleipaði
1st-person plural	fleipim	fleipaðim
2nd-person plural	fleipið	fleipaðið
3rd-person plural	fleipi	fleipaði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	fleipa
1st-person plural	fleipum
2nd-person plural	fleipið

Conjugation of fleipa — mediopassive (weak class 2)

infinitive	fleipask
present participle	fleipandisk
past participle	fleipazk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	fleipumk	fleipuðumk
2nd-person singular	fleipask	fleipaðisk
3rd-person singular	fleipask	fleipaðisk
1st-person plural	fleipumsk	fleipuðumsk
2nd-person plural	fleipizk	fleipuðuzk
3rd-person plural	fleipask	fleipuðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	fleipumk	fleipuðumk
2nd-person singular	fleipisk	fleipaðisk
3rd-person singular	fleipisk	fleipaðisk
1st-person plural	fleipimsk	fleipaðimsk
2nd-person plural	fleipizk	fleipaðizk
3rd-person plural	fleipisk	fleipaðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	fleipask
1st-person plural	fleipumsk
2nd-person plural	fleipizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: fleipa
• Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fleipe
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fleipa, fleipe

References

• “fleipa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press