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1 KRJÚPA
* * *(krýp; kraup, krupum; kropinn), v.1) to creep, crouch (vóru dyrnar svá lágar, at nær varð at krjúpa inn);2) to fall prostrate, kneel (þá er vér krjúpum til hans með iðran).* * *pres. krýp; pret. kraup. pl. krupu, subj. krypi; part. kropinn; [A. S. creôpan; Engl. creep; Swed. krypa; Dan. krybe]:—to creep, crouch; vóru dyrnar svá lágar at nær varð at k. inn, Hkr. ii. 379; hann kraup til fóta þeim, Ölk. 35; þóat ek krypa í neðstu smugur helvítis fylgsna, Sks. 605; gaf Sverrir konungr þeim mikit skak fyrir þat, er þeir höfðu kropit þar um hris at nokkrum silfrpenningum, Fms. viii. 143; vér krjúpum eigi í bug skjaldi, vi. 416 (in a verse); hann kvað konung hölzti lengi hafa kropit þar um lyng, Hkr. iii. 376; fékk hann nauðula kropit til at höggva virgulinn í sundr, Hom. 117; mátti hón eigi áðr krjúpa þangat áðr sem nú gékk hón, 115.2. to fall prostrate, kneel, esp. in an eccl. sense, to humble oneself; þá er vér krjúpum til hans með iðran undir hans miskunn, Skálda 211; biskup líknaði hvervetna þeim sem til hans miskunnar krupu, Bs. i. 751; mildr öllum þeim er til hans krupu, Al. 135; krýp ek til kross, Líkn. 30; játa þær sektina ok krjúpa undir skriptina, Th. 78; gjarna vil eg að fótum þín, feginn fram flatr krjúpa, Pass. 41. 4:—eccl. to kneel in service; as also krjúpa á kné, id.II. part. kropinn, crippled; see kroppinn. -
2 kné-beðr
m. a knee cushion; falla á knébeð, to kneel, Greg. 67, Hom. 75, Ld. 328, Nj. 132, Fms. viii. 95; leggjast á k., Bs. i. 352; knébeðja-fall, kneeling, H. E. ii. 188. -
3 kné-krjúpa
kraup, to kneel. -
4 KNOSA
(að), v. to bruise, beat.* * *að, [Ulf. knusian = to kneel; A. S. cnysian; Dan. knuse]:—to bruise, beat; þeir höfðu áðr barit höfuð hans ok knosat, Fms. v. 148; senda mun Drottinn yfir þik hungr þar til er hann knosar þik, Stj. 344, 345; skal ek með miklum ok margföldum kvölum knosa yðra líkami, Fb. i. 404; tekr hann at knosa hjarta Theophili, Th. 14; knosuð bönd, Líkn. 30: knosaðr, often eccl., in the sense of bruised, contrite; sundrknosað hjarta, a contrite heart, Vídal. passim. -
5 knébeðr
m. knee cushion; falla á knébeð, to kneel. -
6 knéfalla
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