løb

From Old Norse hlaup. A noun derived from the verb løbe, Old Norse hlaupa (“to run”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈløˀb̥]

løb n (singular definite løbet, plural indefinite løb)

1. run, the act of running
2. race

   cykelløb, væddeløb

3. barrel (of a firearm)
   1. (by extension) the bore (interior of the barrel)
4. course, channel (of a river or stream)
5. tarsometatarsus, tarsus, shank (bone found in some dinosaurs)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): [ˈløˀb̥], (colloquial) IPA^(key): [ˈløwˀ]

løb

1. imperative of løbe
2. past of løbe