spǫrr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sparwaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *spḗr.

Noun

spǫrr m (genitive spǫrs or sparrar, dative spǫrvi, plural spǫrvar)

  1. sparrow

Inflection
  Declension of spǫrr (strong wa-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative spǫrr spǫrrinn spǫrvar spǫrvarnir
accusative spǫr spǫrinn spǫrva spǫrvana
dative spǫrvi spǫrvinum spǫrum spǫrunum
genitive spǫrs, sparrar spǫrsins, sparrarins spǫrva spǫrvanna

Descendants
  • Faroese: spurvur m
  • Icelandic: spör m
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sporv m
  • Old Danish: sparw, sporw, spørwe
  • Old Swedish: sparver m, spørver m, sparff m

References
  1. spurv in NAOB
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