laup

From Old Norse hlaupa

laup (third-person singular simple present laups, present participle lauping, simple past and past participle lauped)

1. (Yorkshire) to jump

Coined by Johannes Aavik. Influenced by Russian лоб (lob).

laup (genitive lauba, partitive laupa)

1. forehead

• otsaesine

laúp

1. seam

• IPA^(key): /læʉp/

From Old Norse laupr.

laup m (definite singular laupen, indefinite plural laupar, definite plural laupane)

1. (historically) a round or oval wooden box, particularly for carrying food.
   • 1971, Olav H. Hauge, Tid å hausta inn:

     I kveldingi set eg stigen burt og hengjer laupen frå meg i skuret.

     At dusk, I put away the ladder and hang my box in the shed.

2. (historically) a unit of measure, primarily for butter, equivalent to approximately 15 kilos.

From Old Norse hlaup.

• løp

laup n (definite singular laupet, indefinite plural laup, definite plural laupa)

1. a run, race

   Det kjem til å gå bra i det lange laup.

   It'll go well in the long run.

2. a course (such as of a river)
3. a barrel (of a gun)

laup

1. imperative of laupa

• løp (Bokmål)

• “laup” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• Paul, lupa, pula