uppskafningur
Icelandic
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A section of the Codex Ephraemi from the National Library in Paris is an example of a uppskafningur (“palimpsest”).
Noun
uppskafningur n (genitive singular uppskafnings, nominative plural uppskafningar)
- an upstart, a parvenu
- a dandy, a fop
- a palimpsest; (manuscript or document that has been erased or scraped clean, for reuse)
Synonyms
- (palimpsest): skafið handrit
Derived terms
- uppskafningsháttur
- uppskafningskvendi
- uppskafningsminni
- uppskafningsöld
Related terms
- uppskafning
- skafa upp
Further reading
- “uppskafningur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
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