såpe

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Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Norwegian såpe, såpa, from late Old Norse sápa, from Old English sāpe. Doublet of sæbe.

Noun[edit]

såpe c (singular definite såpen, plural indefinite såper)

  1. (Norway) alternative form of sæbe (soap)
    • 1859, Ole Vig, edited by O. Arvesen, Enkelte af Ole Vigs Arbeider til Folkelæsning, page 282:
      [] der ikke lar sig vaske af med Lud og Saape, men maa have sin Tid, indtil den langt om længe vokser bort eller slides af.
      [] which doesn’t get off with lye or soap, but must have its time, until it eventually grows away or is worn off.

Usage notes[edit]

Used by Norwegian authors since the mid-1800s.

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Norwegian Bokmål: såpe m or f

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Through Norwegian Danish from Norwegian såpe, såpa, from late Old Norse sápa, from Old English sāpe, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ. Largely replaced older sepe, from Danish sæbe.

Noun[edit]

såpe f or m (definite singular såpa or såpen, indefinite plural såper, definite plural såpene)

  1. soap

Usage notes[edit]

Used since the middle of the 19th century alongside the Low German-derived sepe, sæbe.

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From late Old Norse sápa, from Old English sāpe, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ. Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic sápa and Swedish såpa.

Noun[edit]

såpe f (definite singular såpa, indefinite plural såper, definite plural såpene)

  1. soap

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]