verpa

From Old Norse verpa, from Proto-Germanic *werpaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛɹ̥pa/

  Rhymes: -ɛɹ̥pa

verpa (third person singular past indicative varp, third person plural past indicative vurpu, supine vorpið)

1. to lay (eggs)
2. (transitive, intransitive, with accusative) to lay (an egg)

   Hønan varp eitt egg. ― The chicken laid an egg.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛr̥pa/

  Rhymes: -ɛr̥pa

From Old Norse verpa, from Proto-Germanic *werpaną.

verpa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative varp, third-person plural past indicative urpu, supine orpið) or
verpa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative verpti, supine verpt)

1. (transitive, with dative) to throw
2. (transitive, intransitive, with dative) to lay (an egg)

   Hænan verpti eggi.

   The chicken laid an egg.

The strong conjugation is the original one, but the weak one is becoming more usual. They are also commonly mixed together.

Strong conjugation:

Weak conjugation:

• (throw): varpa, fleygja, henda, kasta

• verpa öndinni léttar (to heave a sigh of relief)

Causative of verpa (1). From Proto-Germanic *warpijaną.

verpa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative verpti, supine verpt)

1. (transitive, with accusative) to twist, wind, contort

Possibly borrowed from a Germanic language, related to Proto-Germanic *werpaną (“to throw”). More likely from Proto-Italic source for “to turn round, to roll” (as in 'unfurl, peel back, or retract foreskin') via Proto-Indo-European *welw-, *wel- (“to turn, wind, round”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯er.pa/, [ˈu̯ɛrpä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈver.pa/, [ˈvɛrpä]

verpa f (genitive verpae); first declension

1. (vulgar) a penis with the foreskin retracted, especially when erect
2. (vulgar) an erection, a hard-on

First-declension noun.

• (a penis): mentula, muto, penis
• (an erection): tentigo

• verpus
• virga

• → Translingual: Verpa

• “verpa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “verpa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• verpa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

From Proto-Germanic *werpaną (“to throw, cast”). Cognate with Old English weorpan, Old Frisian werpa, Old Saxon werpan, Old High German werfan, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍀𐌰𐌽 (wairpan).

verpa (singular past indicative varp, plural past indicative urpu, past participle orpinn)

1. to throw, cast
2. to heap up sand, mud, gravel etc. on something

   sandi orpin sæng

   a bed covered by sand [a grave]

   1. to erect a burial mound
      • ca. 1190, Nóregs konungatal ("the King-count of Norway")

        Þá vas haugr / ept Harald orpinn
        reisuligr / á Rogalandi.

        Then a mound was / erected for Harald,
        a magnificent one / in Rogaland.

      nú verpa þeir hauginn eftir fornum sið

      now they erect the mound according to ancient custom

3. to lay eggs
4. to guess, calculate

• Icelandic: verpa
• Faroese: verpa
• Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: verpe
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: verpe, verpa
• Old Swedish: værpa
  • Swedish: värpa
• Old Danish: wærpæ
  • Danish: værpe