hlaupa

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̥œi̯ːpa/
• Rhymes: -œi̯ːpa

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną, from Proto-Indo-European *klewb- (“to spring, stumble”).

Verb

hlaupa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative hljóp, third-person plural past indicative hlupu, supine hlaupið)

1. (intransitive) to run

   Synonym: renna

2. (intransitive) to leap, jump, spring
3. (intransitive, of clothing) to shrink
4. (intransitive, of rivers) to flood
5. (intransitive) to congeal, to turn to jelly

   Synonym: storkna

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• hlaup
• hlaupa apríl
• hlaupa á glæ
• hlaupa á sig
• hlaupa eins og fætur toga
• hlaupast
• hlaupast undan merkjum (“to desert”)

Related terms

• hleypa

Etymology 2

Noun

hlaupa

1. indefinite genitive plural of hlaup

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną, whence also Old English hlēapan ( > English leap), Old Frisian hlapa ( > West Frisian ljeppe), Old Saxon hlōpan ( > Low German lopen), Dutch lopen, Old High German hlaufan ( > German laufen). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *klewb- (“to spring, stumble”).

Verb

hlaupa (singular past indicative hljóp, plural past indicative hljópu, past participle hlaupinn)

1. to leap, jump, spring

Conjugation

Conjugation of hlaupa — active (strong class 7)

infinitive	hlaupa
present participle	hlaupandi
past participle	hlaupinn
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	hleyp	hljóp
2nd-person singular	hleypr	hljópt
3rd-person singular	hleypr	hljóp
1st-person plural	hlaupum	hljópum, hlupum
2nd-person plural	hlaupið	hljópuð, hlupuð
3rd-person plural	hlaupa	hljópu, hlupu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	hlaupa	hlýpa, hlypa
2nd-person singular	hlaupir	hlýpir, hlypir
3rd-person singular	hlaupi	hlýpi, hlypi
1st-person plural	hlaupim	hlýpim, hlypim
2nd-person plural	hlaupið	hlýpið, hlypið
3rd-person plural	hlaupi	hlýpi, hlypi
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	hlaup
1st-person plural	hlaupum
2nd-person plural	hlaupið

Conjugation of hlaupa — mediopassive (strong class 7)

infinitive	hlaupask
present participle	hlaupandisk
past participle	hlaupizk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	hlaupumk	hljópumk, hlupumk
2nd-person singular	hleypsk	hljópzk
3rd-person singular	hleypsk	hljópsk
1st-person plural	hlaupumsk	hljópumsk, hlupumsk
2nd-person plural	hlaupizk	hljópuzk, hlupuzk
3rd-person plural	hlaupask	hljópusk, hlupusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	hlaupumk	hlýpumk, hlypumk
2nd-person singular	hlaupisk	hlýpisk, hlypisk
3rd-person singular	hlaupisk	hlýpisk, hlypisk
1st-person plural	hlaupimsk	hlýpimsk, hlypimsk
2nd-person plural	hlaupizk	hlýpizk, hlypizk
3rd-person plural	hlaupisk	hlýpisk, hlypisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	hlaupsk
1st-person plural	hlaupumsk
2nd-person plural	hlaupizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: hlaupa
• Faroese: leypa
• Norn: lopa
• Norwegian Nynorsk: laupa
• Elfdalian: lopa
• Old Swedish: lø̄pa
  • Swedish: löpa
    • → Elfdalian: löpa
• Old Danish: løpæ
  • Danish: løbe
    • Norwegian Bokmål: løpe
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: løpa
  • Scanian: lǿba
• Old Gutnish: laupa
  • Gutnish: laupe
• → Middle English: lopen, loupen, laupen
  • English: lope
  • Scots: lowp, loup
  • Yola: laupe

References

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