TAPA

(að), v.

1) to lose, with dat. (þar tapaði hón kambi sínum);

2) to kill, put to death (t. e-m, lífi e-s);

3) refl., tapast, to be lost, come to nought.

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að, [Swed. tapa; Dan. tabe]:—to lose, with dat.; eigi hefir þú tapat örlyndinni, Bs. i. 53; þar tapaði hón kambi sínum, Ld. 10; tapa lífi ok sæmd, Bær. 14; tapa sama sínum, MS. 4. 10.

2. to destroy, kill; tapa mínu lífi, to put one to death, Fms. viii. 240; biðr hann tapa piltinum. Fs. 145, Merl. 1. 28; tapa sveininum ok drepa hann, Mar.; tapa sér sjálfum, Barl. 123.

II. reflex. to be lost, Fb. ii. 391; töpuðusk þau heit öll, came to nought, Fms. v. 113: to perish, Clem. 26.

2. part. tapaðr, lost = Lat. perditus, Barl. 133; fortapaðr, forlorn, N. T.