Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *kaipaz.

Noun

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keipr m (genitive keips, plural keipar)

  1. thole
    Synonyms: þollr, hár

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: keipur
  • Faroese: keipur
  • Norwegian Bokmål: keip
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: keip, keipe

References

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  • keipr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press