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verpa

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse verpa, from Proto-Germanic *werpaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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verpa (third person singular past indicative varp, third person plural past indicative vurpu, supine vorpið)

  1. to lay (eggs)
  2. (transitive, intransitive, with accusative) to lay (an egg)
    Hønan varp eitt egg.The chicken laid an egg.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of verpa (group v-49)
infinitive verpa
supine vorpið
participle (a34)1 verpandi vorpin
present past
first singular verpi varp
second singular verpur varpst
third singular verpur varp
plural verpa vurpu
imperative
singular verp!
plural verpið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse verpa, from Proto-Germanic *werpaną.

Verb

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verpa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative varp, third-person plural past indicative urpu, supine orpið) or
verpa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative verpti, supine verpt)

  1. to throw [with dative]
    Synonyms: varpa, fleygja, henda, kasta
  2. to lay (an egg) [intransitive or with dative]
    Hænan verpti eggi.
    The chicken laid an egg.
Usage notes
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The strong conjugation is the original one, but the weak one is becoming more usual. They are also commonly mixed together.

Conjugation
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Strong conjugation:

Weak conjugation:

Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Causative of verpa (1). Inherited from Proto-Germanic *warpijaną.

Verb

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verpa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative verpti, supine verpt)

  1. to twist, wind, contort [with accusative]
Conjugation
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Latin

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Etymology

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Possibly borrowed from a Germanic language, related to Proto-Germanic *werpaną (to throw). More likely from Proto-Italic source for “to turn round, to roll” (as in 'unfurl, peel back, or retract foreskin') via Proto-Indo-European *welw-, *wel- (to turn, wind, round).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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verpa f (genitive verpae); first declension

  1. (vulgar) a penis with the foreskin retracted, especially when erect
  2. (vulgar) an erection, a hard-on

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative verpa verpae
genitive verpae verpārum
dative verpae verpīs
accusative verpam verpās
ablative verpā verpīs
vocative verpa verpae

Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • Translingual: Verpa

References

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  • verpa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • verpa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • verpa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *werpaną (to throw, cast). Cognate with Old English weorpan, Old Frisian werpa, Old Saxon werpan, Old High German werfan, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍀𐌰𐌽 (wairpan).

Verb

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verpa (singular past indicative varp, plural past indicative urpu, past participle orpinn)

  1. to throw, cast
  2. to heap up sand, mud, gravel etc. on something
    sandi orpin sæng
    a bed covered by sand [a grave]
    1. to erect a burial mound
      • ca. 1190, Nóregs konungatal ("the King-count of Norway")
        Þá vas haugr / ept Harald orpinn
        reisuligr / á Rogalandi.
        Then a mound was / erected for Harald,
        a magnificent one / in Rogaland.
      verpa þeir hauginn eftir fornum sið
      now they erect the mound according to ancient custom
  3. to lay eggs
  4. to guess, calculate

Conjugation

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Descendants

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