løype

Norwegian

interjection

Definitions

make Make way! or give give way!; shout applied in cross-country skiing to make the skier in front vacate the ski track.

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse hleypa (make run, cause to run).

Origin

Old Norse

hleypa

Gloss

make run, cause to run

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

loipe English
Loipe German
loipe Dutch, Flemish
løypemage Norwegian Bokmål
mage Norwegian Bokmål
ski Norwegian Bokmål
skiløype Norwegian Bokmål
hleypa Old Norse
hleypa Icelandic
löyp Westrobothnian
løype Norwegian