keppr

Old Norse

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from or from the same ultimate source as Latin cippus (“stake, post”).[1][2]

Noun

keppr m (genitive kepps, plural keppar)

  1. cudgel, club

Declension

Declension of keppr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative keppr kepprinn keppar kepparnir
accusative kepp keppinn keppa keppana
dative keppi keppinum keppum keppunum
genitive kepps keppsins keppa keppanna

Descendants

  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kjepp
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kjepp
  • Old Swedish: käpper
  • Danish: kæp

References

  1. ^ Kurtz, J. (2013). Dictionnaire Etymologique des Anglicismes et des Américanismes. France: Books on Demand Editions, p. 237
  2. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “chip”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

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