glæpur

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse glœpr, from Proto-Germanic *glopi-, related to *glappōną (to slip off), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰlobʰ-neh₂-.[1]

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Noun[edit]

glæpur m (genitive singular glæps, nominative plural glæpir)

  1. crime

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “glappon”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 180