varp

From Old Norse varp, from Proto-Germanic *warpą, from Proto-Germanic *werpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *werb-. Cognate to Old High German warf and Old English wearp.

• IPA^(key): /var̥p/

  Rhymes: -ar̥p

varp n (genitive singular varps, nominative plural vörp)

1. casting, throwing
2. (of birds) laying of eggs
3. breeding ground, nesting place
4. (sewing) an edge sewn together such that the thread crosses the edge itself
5. (weaving) warp (threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric)
6. (mathematics) image (value mapped to from an input by a function)
7. a long elevation in the landscape, especially one that acts as a watershed (drainage divide); ridge
8. (slang) radio or television

• sjónvarp
• útvarp
• hlaðvarp (“podcast”)

From Old Norse varp.

varp n (definite singular varpet, indefinite plural varp, definite plural varpa)

1. (folklore) a heap of stones set nearby a way or forest path because of different reasons. According to the traditional belief, the trespassers must throw stones, coins or sticks onto this heap.

• kast
• kastrøys

From Proto-Germanic *warpą, from Proto-Germanic *werpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *werb-.

varp n (genitive varps, plural vǫrp)

1. casting, throwing
2. (of birds) laying of eggs
3. breeding ground, nesting place

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

varp

1. first/third-person singular past indicative of verpa