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

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

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