# drepa
## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse drepa.

### Verb

drepa (third person singular past indicative drap, third person plural past indicative drópu, supine dripið)
* to kill
* (chess) to capture
* to dip
* to move
* to get wet
* to drop

#### Synonyms

* (kill): taka lívið av, taka av døgum, avlíva, veita bana, sláa í hel
* (capture): taka, beina fyri
* (dip): dýva, stinga
* (move): rørast
* (get wet): vatndrukna
* (drop): dryppa, leka

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse drepa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtrɛːpa/
* Rhymes: -ɛːpa

### Verb

drepa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative drap, third-person plural past indicative drápu, supine drepið)
* to beat, hit [intransitive or with accusative]
* to kill [intransitive or with accusative]
    Ég drap hestinn.I killed the horse.
* (chess) to capture [with accusative]
* to dip [intransitive or with dative]
    Að drepa fingri í lækinn.To dip a finger in the brook.

#### Derived terms

* drepa á dyr
* drepa á
* drepa á sér
* drepast

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* drepe (e infinitive)
* dråpå, dråppå (Trøndelag dialect)
* drapa
* drøpå
* dræp, drep (apocope)

### Etymology

From Old Norse drepa (“to stab, hit”), cognate with German treffen, Dutch treffen, and English drub. Doublet of treffe.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²drɛːpa/, [²drɛ̝ːpɐ̞]

### Verb

drepa (present tense drep, past tense drap, supine drepe, past participle drepen, present participle drepande, imperative drep)
* To kill, to murder.
    Ho er mistenkt for å ha drepe faren sin.
       She is suspected of having killed her father.
    Ein person vart drepen og to alvorleg såra i ei bilulukke.
       One person was killed and two were seriously injured in a car accident.
    Den drepne var 40 år gamal.
       The victim was 40 years old. (literally: "the killed was 40 years old")
* To ruin, strain, extinguish, kill. (of persons)
    Den evinnelege masinga di har drepe arbeidslysta mi!
       Your constant nagging has ruined my zeal for work!
    Den filmen var drepande keisam!
       That film was incredibly boring! (literally: "that film was killingly boring")
    Då du sa dei orda, drap du kjenslene hennar.
       When you said those words, you killed her feelings.

#### Synonyms

* avliva
* avretta
* døyda
* ekspedera
* fella
* gje nådestøyten
* gjera det av med
* gjera eit hovud kortare
* gjera ende på
* gjeva nådestøyten
* halshogga
* kverka
* la hovuda rulla
* leggja i grava
* likvidera
* lynsja
* massakrera
* myrda
* skyta
* slakta
* slå i hel
* slå skallen inn på
* strangulera
* strupa
* strypa
* ta av dage
* ta kverken på
* taka av dage
* tyna
* uskadeleggjera
* utrydda
* utrydja
* utsletta
* vri halsen om på
* vrida halsen om på
* dolka
* hogga
* kniva
* kvela
* retta
* stikka

#### Derived terms

* brønndreping
* drepande

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *drepaną (“to strike, push, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhrebh-, *dhreb- (“to crack, crush, kill”); cognate with Old English drepan, German treffen (“hit, meet”).

### Verb

drepa (singular past indicative drap, plural past indicative drápu, past participle drepinn)
* to beat, to hit, to push, to knock
* to kill, to slay
* to capture (e.g. in chess)

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: drepa
* Faroese: drepa
* Norwegian Nynorsk: drepe, drepa, dribba (dialectal)
* Old Swedish: dræpa
** Swedish: dräpa
* Danish: dræbe
** Norwegian Bokmål: drepe
* Old Gutnish: drepa

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “drepa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive