- verpa
- lay* * *(verp; varp, urpum; orpinn), v.1) to throw, with dat. (hann varp af sér skildinum);hestrinn féll ok varp honum af baki, threw him off;hann verpr sér í söðulinn, he throws himself into the saddle;verpa af sér klæðum, to throw off the clothes;verpa mœðiliga öndinni, to draw a deep sigh;verpa orðum (or orði) á e-n, to address (þessi varp orðum á konung ok spurði);væntir mik þess, at margir verpi þar góðum orðum á mik, that many men will have good words to say of me;verpa e-n inni, to shut one in;impers. to be thrown;þar varp út údaun miklum, a great stench came out;2) verpa á, to guess at, calculate (verpa menn svá á, at latizt hafi níu menn);3) to lay eggs (= verpa eggjum);4) to cast up (verpa haug eptir fornum sið);þeir urpu haug eptir Gunnar, they raised a mound over G.;verpa aptr hauginn, to shut the cairn;verpa vef, to warp a web (sá er orpinn vefr ýta þörmum);5) pp., orpinn;sandi orpinn, covered with sand;aldri orpinn, bent with age;uppi orpinn fyrir e-m, quite overwhelmed, at one’s mercy;6) refl., urpust flestir vel við orðsending Danakonungs, they turned a favourable ear to, responded to the call.* * *t, to edge; verpa skó, to edge or border a shoe (skó-varp).2. reflex. to warp, shrink, from heat; þilið verpist af hita, and the like.
An Icelandic-English dictionary. Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson. 1874.