See also: värp

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse varp, from Proto-Germanic *warpą, from Proto-Germanic *werpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *werb-. Cognate to Old High German warf and Old English wearp.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

varp n (genitive singular varps, nominative plural vörp)

  1. casting, throwing
  2. (of birds) laying of eggs
  3. breeding ground, nesting place
  4. (sewing) an edge sewn together such that the thread crosses the edge itself
  5. (weaving) warp (threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric)
  6. (mathematics) image (value mapped to from an input by a function)
  7. a long elevation in the landscape, especially one that acts as a watershed (drainage divide); ridge
  8. (slang) radio or television

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse varp.

Noun edit

varp n (definite singular varpet, indefinite plural varp, definite plural varpa)

  1. (folklore) a heap of stones set nearby a way or forest path because of different reasons. According to the traditional belief, the trespassers must throw stones, coins or sticks onto this heap.

Synonyms edit

Old Norse edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Germanic *warpą, from Proto-Germanic *werpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *werb-.

Noun edit

varp n (genitive varps, plural vǫrp)

  1. casting, throwing
  2. (of birds) laying of eggs
  3. breeding ground, nesting place
Declension edit
Descendants edit
  • Icelandic: varp
  • Faroese: varp
  • Norwegian Bokmål: varp
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: varp
  • Old Swedish: varp
  • Danish: varp

References edit

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

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

varp

  1. first/third-person singular past indicative of verpa