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[6] fjallhrapi (m.) ‘dwarf birch’: Betula nana. The first element of this cpd is fjall- ‘mountain’ and the second is derived from Gmc. *hrep- ‘bend, catch’. The Modern Icelandic form (from C18th) is fjalldrapi (ÍO: fjalldrapi; so also RE 1665).