krepera

Borrowed from Danish krepere, from Italian crepare, from Latin crepare (“to crackle”). Compare German krepieren and Swedish krepera.

krepera

1. (informal) to be extremely irritated; to be close to giving up completely; to die (figuratively, e.g. of boredom)

   Synonyms: farast, bugast

   Ég er að krepera úr leiðindum. ― I'm dying of boredom.

2. (informal, dated) to die (literally); to kick the bucket; to croak; to drop dead

From German krepieren, suffixed with -era, from Italian crepare, from Latin crepāre. Doublet of krevera. See also origin of diskrepans.

krepera (present kreperar, preterite kreperade, supine kreperat, imperative krepera)

1. (dated) die
2. (figurative) explode

   krepera av ilska

   explode with anger

• krepering

• krepera in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• krepera in Svensk ordbok (SO)