drepa drep, drap, drápum, drepinn v
1.
I with acc or absol;
2.
to stike, beat, knock; d en vendi, to strike one with a rod; hann tók hörpu sína ok drap strengi (struck the strings) til sláttar; d járn, to hammer iron ; d or d högg á dyrr, to knock at the door; d botn úr keraldi, to knock the bottom out of a tub; at eigi drepir þú mik í dúp, that you knock me not into the deep; d í hel, í dauða, til heljar, to smite to death;
3.
to kill, slay, (skulu vér nú fara at honum ok d, hann;
4.
in a game of chess, to take a piece þá drap jarl af honum riddara);
5.
to produce by a blow or blows; d eld, to strike, fire ( =d upp eld) ; d slóð, to make a trail (drápu kyrtlarnir döggslóðina) ;
6.
with prep, d af, to kill, slaughter (cattle), d. niðr, to kill off (þótt hirðmenn þínir sé drepnir niðr sem svn); d. sik ór dróma, to get rid of (throw off) a fetter; d. til es, to strike, hit, at one; d. et undir sik, to knock or drag down (skaltu standa hiá, er fjándi sá drepr mik undir sik); d. upp eld =d. eld; d. et út, to divulge a thing; d. yfir et, to hide, suppress; drap hann brátt yfir (he soon mastered) harm sinn ;
7.
refl., drepast, to perish, die, esp. of cattle (fé hans drapst aldri af drephríðum) ; recipr. to put one another to death (þá diepast menn fyrir ágirni sakir) ; d. menn fyrir, to kill one another's men ;
8.
impers., drepr honuin aldregi ský (acc.) í augu, his eyes never get clouded; ofrkappit (acc.) drepr fyrir þeim (their high spirits break down), þegar haminjan brestr ; drap þó heldr í fyrir honum, he rather grew worse, his eyes grew weaker; nú drepr ór hljóð (acc.) fyrst ór konunginum, the king became silent at once ; þá drap stall ór hjarta hans, his heart failed; ofan drap flaugina, the vane was knocked down ; regn (acc.) drepr í gegnum et, the rain beats through (the thatch) ; II. with dat. ;
9.
to put, thrust ; hendi drap á kampa, he put his hand to his beard; d. f�ti (fótum) í eð, to strike (knock) one's foot against, stumble over (drap fótunum í þrøskuldinn ok lá fallinn) ; d. höfði, to droop (with) the head (Egill drap höfðin niðr í feld sinn) ; d. fingri í munn sér, to put the finger into the mouth ; d. hendi til es, við em, to give one a slap with the hand; d. hendi við eu, to wave away with the hand to refuse a kind offer (d. hendi við boðnu gulli) ;
10.
to tuck up the sleeves or skirts of a garment (hann hafði drepit upp skautunum) ; d. hári undir belti sér, to tuck the hair under the belt (of a lady) ;
11.
to dip, immerse; d. skeggi (the beard) í Breiðafjörð, to be drowned in B. d. barni I vatn, to baptize a child;
12.
d. orði, dómi á et, to talk, judge of; d. huldu á et, to hide, keep secret; d. eu á dreif, see 'dreif' fig., d. í egg eu, to turn a deaf ear to
13.
spoil (d. gleði, teiti es); d. kosti es, to destroy one's happiness; impers. drap þá skjótt kosti, the cheer was soon gone;
14.
d. niðr eu, to suppress (d. niðr konungs rétti, illu orði); d. niðr s�md es, to drag down one's reputation, to disparage one; d. niðr máli, to quash a lawsuit
