fleipa

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

fleipa

  1. preterite of fleipe
  2. past participle of fleipe

Noun

fleipa n

  1. (non-standard since 2020) definite plural of fleip

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 fleipa/fleip)

  1. to joke

References

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Verb

fleipa

  1. to babble, tattle

Conjugation

Conjugation of fleipa — active (weak class 2)
infinitive fleipa
present participle fleipandi
past participle fleipaðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular fleipa fleipaða fleipa fleipaða
2nd person singular fleipar fleipaðir fleipir fleipaðir
3rd person singular fleipar fleipaði fleipi fleipaði
1st person plural fleipum fleipuðum fleipim fleipaðim
2nd person plural fleipið fleipuðuð fleipið fleipaðið
3rd person plural fleipa fleipuðu fleipi fleipaði
imperative present
2nd person singular fleipa
1st person plural fleipum
2nd person plural fleipið
Conjugation of fleipa — mediopassive (weak class 2)
infinitive fleipask
present participle fleipandisk
past participle fleipazk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular fleipumk fleipuðumk fleipumk fleipuðumk
2nd person singular fleipask fleipaðisk fleipisk fleipaðisk
3rd person singular fleipask fleipaðisk fleipisk fleipaðisk
1st person plural fleipumsk fleipuðumsk fleipimsk fleipaðimsk
2nd person plural fleipizk fleipuðuzk fleipizk fleipaðizk
3rd person plural fleipask fleipuðusk fleipisk fleipaðisk
imperative present
2nd person singular fleipask
1st person plural fleipumsk
2nd person plural fleipizk

Descendants

  • Icelandic: fleipa
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: fleipe
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: fleipa, fleipe

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “fleipa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive