tråpp

tråpp

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse troppa.

Verb

tråpp (preterite & supine tråppä)

1. (active verb) pack together, pack in, squeeze together what can possibly be accommodated

   Ji tråppä dit hä sóm römdes i säkkom

   I squeezed in whatever I could fit in the bag.

2. (active verb) plug in a pin or cork

Noun

tråpp m

1. stop, cork, tap

References

• Rietz, Johan Ernst, “TRÅPP”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 758