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Source: Cleasby/Vigfusson, page b0557, entry 24
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skreppa, u, f. [Dan. skreppe; Engl. scrip], a scrip, bag, Stj. 464, 616, Fms. vi. 374, viii. 26, Barl. 104, Skíða R. (of the beggar's skrip): allit., stafr ok s., of pilgrims; taka staf ok skreppu ok fara til Jórsala, H.E. i. 243, Fms. vi. 303, Fagrsk. 93, Karl. 467 (v.l.), Symb. 17: a mouse-trap, sem mús í skreppu, Fms. vii. 21.


Source: Cleasby/Vigfusson, page b0557, entry 25
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SKREPPA, skrapp, skruppu; subj. skryppi; part. skroppinn :-- to slip; skruppu honum fætr, his feet slipped, Fms. viii. 75, 393, Nj. 114; honum urðu lausar hendrnar ok skruppu af fanga-stakkinum, the hands slipped, lost hold, Ísl. ii. 447; ermarnar skruppu af höndunum fram, Fms. viii. 358, v.l.; skruppu ór tennr fjórar, Skíða R. 142. 2. to slip away, absent oneself; þá er mín er vandligast gætt, þá skrepp ek í brott, MS. 4. 22; margir bæjar-menn skruppu inn í garða sína ok í hús, skulked away into their houses, Fagrsk. 165; hafa skroppit þar um lyng, Hkr. iii. 376, v.l. (= kropit): in mod. usage, to start, move quickly, eg ætla skreppa inn snöggvast, bíddu meðan eg skrepp inn at sækja vetlingana, and the like.


Source: Torp, page b0474, entry 5
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skremp, skrempan skramp einschrumpfen. an. skreppa skrapp sich zusammenziehen, einschwinden; md. schrimpen, mhd. schrimpfen st. vb. = rimpfen, mhd. schrempfen (= *skrampian) zusammenziehen. Hierzu nnorw. skramp magerer Mann, mageres Pferd, skrumpa magere Kuh (engl. skrimp Zwerg, kleine eingeschrumpfte Person., Garneele) and mhd. schrimpf m., schrimpfe f. Schramme. Ig. Wz. (s)kremb, s. hremp and vgl. skerp 1.

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Source: Bosworth/Toller, page b0841, entry 1
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mp. Cf. Icel. skreppa; p. skrapp to slip; the causative of this verb might appear in English as scrempan, whose meaning would be that given to scremman. Scrincan, screncan are parallel, as regards meaning, to scrimman, scremman.]


Source: Bosworth/Toller, page b0842, entry 13
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scripp, es; n. (?) A scrip, bag :-- Petrus forlét lytle þing, scripp and net, ac forlét ealle þing, ðá ðá for Godes lufon nán þing habban nolde, Homl. Th. i 394, 7. [Horn tok burdon and scrippe, Horn. 1061. Palmere with pike ne with scrippe, Piers P. 5, 542. Scrippe pera, Prompt. Parv. 450. Icel. skreppa.]


Source: Cleasby/Vigfusson, page b0448, entry 11
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NÁL, f., pl. nálar; [Goth. neþla; A. S. nædl; Old Engl. neeld; Engl. needle; O. H. G. nadal; Germ. nadel; in the Scandin. contr. Dan.-Swed. nål or naal] :-- a needle, Fas. i. 393, iii. 139; nál ok skreppa, Fms. vi. 374: a kind of needle used by sailors, Edda (Gl.); nálar margar (for repairing the sails), Sks. 30; bíta úr nálinni, to bite off the thread; þú ert ekki búinn bíta úr nálinni enn, a saying, cp. the ghost story in Maurer's Volks. 60; skó-nál, a cobbler's needle, Skíða R.; hey-nál, q. v.; saum-nál, a sewing needle; nálar auga, a needle's eye; nálar oddr, a needle's point; þræða nál, to thread a needle; Pétrs-nál, the name of an obelisk, Symb. 24, Róm. 248 (= Aculea Sti. Petri). 2. metaph. the first sprouts of grass in the spring; það er komin upp svo lítil nál. II. the name of a giantess, Loki's mother, Edda. COMPDS: nál-bein, n. the needle-like bones in fishes' gills. nál-bugr, m. a needle's bend; stökkr er n., Hallgr. nál-dofi, a, m. 'pins and needles,' numbness. nál-þráðr, m. needle-thread: a woman is called nála-nauma, Grett. (in a verse); nál-grund, Eb. (in a verse).



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