- STÖPLA
- (að), v. impers., stórum stöplar nú yfir, the sea dashes over the boat;refl., stöplast, to be spilt (stöp-luðust yfir kerit nökkurir dropar); stöplaðist út af kerinu, a little was spilt out of the beaker.* * *(better than staupla), að, (stolpa, N. G. L. iii. 27, v. l.), [Swed. stjelpa; Dutch over-stelping = overwhelming]:—to bespatter, sprinkle; stórum stauplar nú yfir, Fs. 153; stöplaðisk út af keri, a drop was spilt out of the beaker, Vígl. 52; stöpluðusk yfir kerit (af kerinu) nokkurir dropar, Flóv.2. ekki ætla ek at stęplaz við htt Haralds konungs, Mork. 89.
An Icelandic-English dictionary. Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson. 1874.