glepja

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklɛːpja/
    Rhymes: -ɛːpja

Verb

glepja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative glapti, supine glapið)

  1. to confuse, to confound
    Synonyms: trufla, rugla
  2. to distract
    Synonym: trufla
  3. to seduce, to debauch
    Synonyms: ginna, tæla, véla

Conjugation

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glepja – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur glepja
supine sagnbót glapið
present participle
glepjandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég glep glapti glepji glepti
þú glepur glaptir glepjir gleptir
hann, hún, það glepur glapti glepji glepti
plural við glepjum glöptum glepjum gleptum
þið glepjið glöptuð glepjið gleptuð
þeir, þær, þau glepja glöptu glepji gleptu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú glep (þú), gleptu
plural þið glepjið (þið), glepjiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
glepjast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur að glepjast
supine sagnbót glapist
present participle
glepjandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég glepst glaptist glepjist gleptist
þú glepst glaptist glepjist gleptist
hann, hún, það glepst glaptist glepjist gleptist
plural við glepjumst glöptumst glepjumst gleptumst
þið glepjist glöptust glepjist gleptust
þeir, þær, þau glepjast glöptust glepjist gleptust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú glepst (þú), glepstu
plural þið glepist (þið), glepisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
glapinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
glapinn glapin glapið glaptir glaptar glapin
accusative
(þolfall)
glapinn glapta glapið glapta glaptar glapin
dative
(þágufall)
glöptum glapinni glöptu glöptum glöptum glöptum
genitive
(eignarfall)
glapins glapinnar glapins glapinna glapinna glapinna
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
glapti glapta glapta glöptu glöptu glöptu
accusative
(þolfall)
glapta glöptu glapta glöptu glöptu glöptu
dative
(þágufall)
glapta glöptu glapta glöptu glöptu glöptu
genitive
(eignarfall)
glapta glöptu glapta glöptu glöptu glöptu

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *glapjaną (to confuse)

Verb

glepja (singular past indicative glapti, plural past indicative glǫptu, past participle glapiðr or glaptr)

  1. to confuse (someone)
  2. to confound
  3. to beguile

Conjugation

Conjugation of glepja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive glepja
present participle glepjandi
past participle glaptr, glapiðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular glep glapta glepja glepta
2nd person singular glepr glaptir glepir gleptir
3rd person singular glepr glapti glepi glepti
1st person plural glepjum glǫptum glepim gleptim
2nd person plural glepið glǫptuð glepið gleptið
3rd person plural glepja glǫptu glepi glepti
imperative present
2nd person singular glep
1st person plural glepjum
2nd person plural glepið
Conjugation of glepja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive glepjask
present participle glepjandisk
past participle glapsk, glapizk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular glepjumk glǫptumk glepjumk gleptumk
2nd person singular glepsk glaptisk glepisk gleptisk
3rd person singular glepsk glaptisk glepisk gleptisk
1st person plural glepjumsk glǫptumsk glepimsk gleptimsk
2nd person plural glepizk glǫptuzk glepizk gleptizk
3rd person plural glepjask glǫptusk glepisk gleptisk
imperative present
2nd person singular glepsk
1st person plural glepjumsk
2nd person plural glepizk

Descendants

  • Icelandic: glepja

Further reading

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