drapa

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See also: dräpa and драпа

English

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Etymology

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From Old Norse drápa.

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Noun

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drapa (plural drapur)

  1. A heroic, laudatory verse form in old Icelandic, popular between the 10th and 13th centuries and featuring a refrain
    • 1997, Bernard Scudder (tranlator), Egil's Saga, in The Sagas of Icelanders (Penguin 2001, p. 91)
      Egil composed a drapa in praise of the king which includes the following verse —

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French

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Verb

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drapa

  1. third-person singular past historic of draper

Lower Sorbian

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Verb

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drapa

  1. third-person singular present of drapaś

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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drapa n

  1. definite plural of drap

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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drapa n

  1. definite plural of drap

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French draper.

Verb

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a drapa (third-person singular present drapează, past participle drapat) 1st conj.

  1. to drape

Conjugation

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Icelandic drápa, likely originally in the sense "song over a slain man". Doublet of dråp and dräpa.

Noun

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drapa c

  1. panegyric
  2. (ironic) polemical article

Declension

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Declension of drapa 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative drapa drapan drapor draporna
Genitive drapas drapans drapors drapornas

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