# verpa
## Faroese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvɛɹ̥pa/
    Rhymes: -ɛɹ̥pa

### Verb

verpa (third person singular past indicative varp, third person plural past indicative vurpu, supine vorpið)
* to lay (eggs)
* (transitive, intransitive, with accusative) to lay (an egg)
    Hønan varp eitt egg. ― The chicken laid an egg.

#### Conjugation
## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvɛr̥pa/
    Rhymes: -ɛr̥pa

### Etymology 1

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

#### Verb

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)
* to throw [with dative]
    Synonyms: varpa, fleygja, henda, kasta
* to lay (an egg) [intransitive or with dative]
    Hænan verpti eggi.The chicken laid an egg.

##### Usage notes

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

##### Conjugation

Strong conjugation:
Weak conjugation:

##### Derived terms

* verpa öndinni léttar (“to heave a sigh of relief”)

### Etymology 2

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

#### Verb

verpa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative verpti, supine verpt)
* to twist, wind, contort [with accusative]

##### Conjugation
## Latin
### Etymology

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”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈu̯er.pa/, [ˈu̯ɛrpä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈver.pa/, [ˈvɛrpä]

### Noun

verpa f (genitive verpae); first declension
* (vulgar) a penis with the foreskin retracted, especially when erect
* (vulgar) an erection, a hard-on

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Synonyms

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

#### Related terms

* verpus
* virga

#### Descendants

* → Translingual: Verpa

### References

* “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.

## Old Norse
### Etymology

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).

### Verb

verpa (singular past indicative varp, plural past indicative urpu, past participle orpinn)
* to throw, cast
* to heap up sand, mud, gravel etc. on something
    sandi orpin sænga bed covered by sand [a grave]
** 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 siðnow they erect the mound according to ancient custom
* to lay eggs
* to guess, calculate

#### Descendants

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