svartr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swartaz, whence also Old English sweart, Old High German swarz, Gothic šƒš…šŒ°š‚š„šƒ (swarts). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swordo- (ā€œdirty, dark, blackā€).

Adjective

svartr (comparative svartari, superlative svartastr)

  1. black

Declension

Descendants

  • Icelandic: svartur
  • Faroese: svartur
  • Norn: svart
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: svart, (dialectal) svartā€™u, svartā€™e
    • ā†’ Norwegian BokmĆ„l: svart
  • Elfdalian: swart
  • Old Swedish: svarter, svorter
  • Scanian: svĆ”rter
  • Old Danish: swart, swort, sort
  • Gutnish: svartar

See also

Colors in Old Norse Ā· litir (layout Ā· text)
     hvĆ­tr      grĆ”r, hĒ«ss      svartr
             rauĆ°r; rauĆ°gulr              brĆŗnn, jarpr              gulr
                          grœnn             
                                       blĆ”r
             vĆ­olat                          

References

  • ā€œsvartrā€, in Geir T. ZoĆ«ga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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