fleipa

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 fleip/fleipa)

  1. to joke

References


Old Norse

Alternative forms

Verb

fleipa

  1. to babble, tattle

Conjugation

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
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