skarpr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skarpaz, whence also Old English sċearp, Old Frisian skerp, skarp, Old Saxon skarp, Old Dutch skarp, Old High German scarf. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerb-, from *(s)ker- (“to cut”).

Adjective

skarpr (comparative skarpari, superlative skarpastr)

  1. sharp
  2. scorched, pinched (from dryness), shrivelled
    opt ór skǫrpum belg / skilin orð koma
    oft’ out of a shrivelled skin-sack discerning words come

Declension
    Strong declension of skarpr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative skarpr skǫrp skarpt
accusative skarpan skarpa skarpt
dative skǫrpum skarpri skǫrpu
genitive skarps skarprar skarps
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative skarpir skarpar skǫrp
accusative skarpa skarpar skǫrp
dative skǫrpum skǫrpum skǫrpum
genitive skarpra skarpra skarpra
    Weak declension of skarpr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative skarpi skarpa skarpa
accusative skarpa skǫrpu skarpa
dative skarpa skǫrpu skarpa
genitive skarpa skǫrpu skarpa
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative skǫrpu skǫrpu skǫrpu
accusative skǫrpu skǫrpu skǫrpu
dative skǫrpum skǫrpum skǫrpum
genitive skǫrpu skǫrpu skǫrpu
    Declension of comparative of skarpr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative skarpari skarpari skarpara
accusative skarpara skarpari skarpara
dative skarpara skarpari skarpara
genitive skarpara skarpari skarpara
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative skarpari skarpari skarpari
accusative skarpari skarpari skarpari
dative skǫrpurum skǫrpurum skǫrpurum
genitive skarpari skarpari skarpari
    Strong declension of superlative of skarpr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative skarpastr skǫrpust skarpast
accusative skarpastan skarpasta skarpast
dative skǫrpustum skarpastri skǫrpustu
genitive skarpasts skarpastrar skarpasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative skarpastir skarpastar skǫrpust
accusative skarpasta skarpastar skǫrpust
dative skǫrpustum skǫrpustum skǫrpustum
genitive skarpastra skarpastra skarpastra
    Weak declension of superlative of skarpr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative skarpasti skarpasta skarpasta
accusative skarpasta skǫrpustu skarpasta
dative skarpasta skǫrpustu skarpasta
genitive skarpasta skǫrpustu skarpasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative skǫrpustu skǫrpustu skǫrpustu
accusative skǫrpustu skǫrpustu skǫrpustu
dative skǫrpustum skǫrpustum skǫrpustum
genitive skǫrpustu skǫrpustu skǫrpustu

Descendants
  • Icelandic: skarpur
  • Faroese: skarpur
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skarp
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skarp
  • Old Swedish: skarper
  • Danish: skarp

References
  • “skarpr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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