Läpia

Old Swedish Dictionary - läpia

Meaning of Old Swedish word "läpia" (or læpia) in Swedish.

As defined by K.F Söderwall's dictionary of Medieval Swedish:

läpia (læpia): läppa på, lapa. the män som läpia (lingua laMBuerint) watnet som hwndhane plägha, thz är at the kasta watneth mz händerna wp j mwnnen MB 2: 89. " som läpiadho watneth ib. Jfr lapa. "

Orthography: Early Old Swedish used different letters for ä and ö, so läpia may have also been written as læpia

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛚᛅᛕᛁᛆ
Medieval Runes were used in Sweden from 12th to 17th centuries.

MB: Svenska Medeltidens Bibelarbeten. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. Del. 1, 2. 1848--55.