IcelandicEdit

EtymologyEdit

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.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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

DeclensionEdit

Derived termsEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse varp.

NounEdit

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.

SynonymsEdit

Old NorseEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

NounEdit

varp n (genitive varps, plural vǫrp)

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

ReferencesEdit

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

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

VerbEdit

varp

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