hneppa

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(-ta, tr), v.

1) to curtail;

hneppt em ek at brœðrum, I am bereft of brothers;

2) to thrust, force (Hrólfr hneppti hann undir sik, ok setti kné fyrir brjóst honum);

hneppa fólk í þrælkan, to keep a people bound in thraldom.

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u, f. a being bent or bowed down. hneppu-sótt, f. a kind of disease, Fél. xiv. 100.