verpa+aptr+hauginn

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(verp; varp, urpum; orpinn), v.

1) to throw, with dat. (hann varp af sér skildinum);

hestrinn féll ok varp honum af baki, threw him off;

hann verpr sér í söðulinn, he throws himself into the saddle;

verpa af sér klæðum, to throw off the clothes;

verpa mœðiliga öndinni, to draw a deep sigh;

verpa orðum (or orði) á e-n, to address (þessi varp orðum á konung ok spurði);

væntir mik þess, at margir verpi þar góðum orðum á mik, that many men will have good words to say of me;

verpa e-n inni, to shut one in;

impers. to be thrown;

þar varp út údaun miklum, a great stench came out;

2) verpa á, to guess at, calculate (verpa menn svá á, at latizt hafi níu menn);

3) to lay eggs (= verpa eggjum);

4) to cast up (verpa haug eptir fornum sið);

þeir urpu haug eptir Gunnar, they raised a mound over G.;

verpa aptr hauginn, to shut the cairn;

verpa vef, to warp a web (sá er orpinn vefr ýta þörmum);

5) pp., orpinn;

sandi orpinn, covered with sand;

aldri orpinn, bent with age;

uppi orpinn fyrir e-m, quite overwhelmed, at one’s mercy;

6) refl., urpust flestir vel við orðsending Danakonungs, they turned a favourable ear to, responded to the call.

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pres. verp; pret. varp, pl. urpu; subj. yrpi; part. orpinn; vurpu, vyrpi, vorpinn: a medial form verpumk, Vþm. 7: [Ulf. wairpan = βάλλειν; A. S. weorpan; Engl. warp; O. H. G. werfan; Germ. werfen]:—to throw, with dat.; hvígi er hann skýtr eða verpr, Grág. (Kb.) i. 144; varp af sér klæðum, Fms. vi. 226, vii. 167; hann varp af sér skildinum, Nj. 95; hann verpr sér í söðulinn, 83; hestrinn féll ok varp honum af baki, threw him off, Fms. x. 408; þeir urpu sér jafnan meðal viðanna, Nj. 126; Gísli varp honum á lopt annarri hendi, Fms. vii. 32; mun þér orpit í þann eldinn, 37: absol., ef maðr höggr til manns eða verpr, Grág. (Kb.) i. 144: verpa mæðiliga öndinni (and-varp), to draw a deep sigh, Nj. 272; verpa braut, to throw away, Rb. 126, Mar., Th. 78; verpa til, to add to, Rb. 124; verpa e-u af sér, to throw off, 623. 36.

2. impers. to be thrown; nú verpr tré eða hval á gras upp, Grág. ii. 354; þar varp út údaun miklum, a great stench oozed out, Ísl. ii. 46.

3. phrases; verpa orðum á e-n, to address, Fas. ii. 514; þessi varp orðum á konung, Fms. x. 35; at margir verpi þar góðum orðum á mik, Nj. 179: verpa á e-t, to guess at, calculate (á-varp); var vorpit á þat, at lið Þórðar mundi vera á áttunda hundraði, Sturl. iii. 41, 42, 211; verpa menn svá á, at látizk hafi níu menn, Bs. i; þeir urpu á tvær merkr, Sturl. i. 26, iii. 203.

4. to lay eggs; verpa eggjum, Stj. 77; foglinn varp nær eingi, Bs. i. 350; vali alla þá er í bergum verpa, Gþl. 429; freq. in mod. usage of all kinds of birds.

II. to fence, guard; hinn skal verpa um garði, Gþl. 453; ok urpu Danir Norðmenn inni, shut them in, Fb. iii. 359: to cast up a cairn or the like, verpa haug eptir fornum sið, Gísl. 31; þeir urpu haug eptir Gunnar, Nj. 118; ok vurpu yfir harla mikinn haug af grjóti, Stj. 366; ok var haugr orpinn eptir hann, Fms. xi. 17; síðan lét hann verpa aptr ( shut) hauginn, x. 186: verpa vef, to warp a weft; sá er orpinn vefr ýta þörmum, Darr. 2: cp. also hlaðvarpi = the fence round a house: sandi orpinn, wrapped in sand, Sól. 49; allt var sandi vorpit, Bs. i. 308; tré í flæðar-máli sandi orpin, Grág. (Kb.) ii. 124.

2. bent, [cp. Engl. warped, of wood-work]; aldri orpinn, ‘warped with eld,’ i. e. bent with age, Fas. i. 143, Fms. xi. 21, Stj. 374: vera e-m undir orpinn, subject, prop. = Lat. obrutus, Sks. 547 B, Stj. 376: vera eigi upp orpinn fyrir e-m, quite overwhelmed, Fas. iii. 226, Eg. 578, Ld. 144.

III. reflex., urpusk flestir vel við orðsending Dana-konungs, to turn a favourable ear to, yield to the call, Fms. vii. 309; cp. bak-verpask við e-n.

2. middle voice; hvat er þat manna er verpumk orði á, who is it that casts words on me? i. e. speaks to me, Vm. 7.

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(verp; varp, urpum; orpinn), v.

1) to throw, with dat. (hann varp af sér skildinum);

hestrinn féll ok varp honum af baki, threw him off;

hann verpr sér í söðulinn, he throws himself into the saddle;

verpa af sér klæðum, to throw off the clothes;

verpa mœðiliga öndinni, to draw a deep sigh;

verpa orðum (or orði) á e-n, to address (þessi varp orðum á konung ok spurði);

væntir mik þess, at margir verpi þar góðum orðum á mik, that many men will have good words to say of me;

verpa e-n inni, to shut one in;

impers. to be thrown;

þar varp út údaun miklum, a great stench came out;

2) verpa á, to guess at, calculate (verpa menn svá á, at latizt hafi níu menn);

3) to lay eggs (= verpa eggjum);

4) to cast up (verpa haug eptir fornum sið);

þeir urpu haug eptir Gunnar, they raised a mound over G.;

verpa aptr hauginn, to shut the cairn;

verpa vef, to warp a web (sá er orpinn vefr ýta þörmum);

5) pp., orpinn;

sandi orpinn, covered with sand;

aldri orpinn, bent with age;

uppi orpinn fyrir e-m, quite overwhelmed, at one’s mercy;

6) refl., urpust flestir vel við orðsending Danakonungs, they turned a favourable ear to, responded to the call.

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t, to edge; verpa skó, to edge or border a shoe (skó-varp).

2. reflex. to warp, shrink, from heat; þilið verpist af hita, and the like.