Kapp

Old Norwegian Dictionary - kapp

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "kapp" in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

kapp: kapp, n. Nidkjærhed, Iver, hvormed nogentager sig af en Sag. Flat. II, 369. 12.849. 16916; Hítd. 7130; Stj. 33838; leggjakapp á mál Gyð. 212; mæltu menn, athonum hlypi kapp í kinn, því at hannvar dreyrrauðr á at sjá ok - Sturl.II, 2037; af kappi Hrafnk. 108; Nord. Tidsskrift for Filologi og Pædag. n. R. I, 2714; er þessi ætlan meirr afkappi en forsjá OH. 3233; fullr af kappiok újafnaði OH. 3236; með kappi Eg.85 (21426); með öllu kappi OH. 519(Flat. II, 561); með hinu mesta kappiFlat. II, 3510; deila kappi við e-n dvs.tvistes alvorligen, ivrigen med en, idetman gjør alt muligt for at faa Over-haand, Flat. II, 3625; Fsk. 165; Hrafnk.112; brjóta kapp við e-n d. s. Fsk. 164;halda til kapps við e-n dvs. ville maalesig med en for om muligt at blive denvindende, Flat. II, 4616; J. ætlar hértil kapps at halda at veita Páli dvs.agter af yderste Evne at understøttePaal, Sturl. I, 8327; renna í köpp viðe-n dvs. løbe i Kap, omkap med en, Klm.51417; SE. I, 1545.

Part of speech: n

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚴᛆᛕᛕ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

s.: substantiv.

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