drapa

Etymology
From Old Norse drápa.

Noun

 * 1) A heroic, laudatory verse form in old Icelandic, popular between the 10th and 13th centuries and featuring a refrain
 * 2) * 1997, Bernard Scudder (tranlator), Egil's Saga, in The Sagas of Icelanders (Penguin 2001, p. 91)
 * Egil composed a drapa in praise of the king which includes the following verse —

Etymology
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Verb

 * 1) to drape

Etymology
From, likely originally in the sense "song over a slain man". .

Noun

 * 1) panegyric
 * 2)  polemical article