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1 HNEPPA
* * *(-ta, tr), v.1) to curtail;hneppt em ek at brœðrum, I am bereft of brothers;2) to thrust, force (Hrólfr hneppti hann undir sik, ok setti kné fyrir brjóst honum);hneppa fólk í þrælkan, to keep a people bound in thraldom.* * *1.t, [Engl. to nip, knap], to cut short, curtail; vilja heldr hneppa við sik þann eina búninginn, to curtail oneself in dress, Hom. (St.): also, hneppa e-n undir sik, to keep one under, a wrestler’s term, Fas. iii. 353; h. í þrældóm, to keep bound in thraldom, Sks. 465:—slóðu upp og hnepptu hann út af borginni, thrust him head-foremost out, Luke iv. 29: metric. a monosyllabic end syllable is called hneppt, Edda (Ht.): part. hnepptr, crippled.2.t, different from the last word, to button; see kneppa. -
2 hneppa
* * *(-ta, tr), v.1) to curtail;hneppt em ek at brœðrum, I am bereft of brothers;2) to thrust, force (Hrólfr hneppti hann undir sik, ok setti kné fyrir brjóst honum);hneppa fólk í þrælkan, to keep a people bound in thraldom.* * *u, f. a being bent or bowed down. hneppu-sótt, f. a kind of disease, Fél. xiv. 100.
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