HNEPPA

button

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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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1.

t, [Engl. to nip, knap], to cut short, curtail; vilja heldr hneppa við sik þann eina búninginn, to curtail oneself in dress, Hom. (St.): also, hneppa e-n undir sik, to keep one under, a wrestler’s term, Fas. iii. 353; h. í þrældóm, to keep bound in thraldom, Sks. 465:—slóðu upp og hnepptu hann út af borginni, thrust him head-foremost out, Luke iv. 29: metric. a monosyllabic end syllable is called hneppt, Edda (Ht.): part. hnepptr, crippled.

2.

t, different from the last word, to button; see kneppa.