skarpr
Old Norse
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editskarpr (comparative skarpari, superlative skarpastr)
- sharp
- scorched, pinched (from dryness), shrivelled
- opt ór skǫrpum belg / skilin orð koma
- oft’ out of a shrivelled skin-sack discerning words come
Declension
edit 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
edit- Icelandic: skarpur
- Faroese: skarpur
- Norwegian Bokmål: skarp
- Norwegian Nynorsk: skarp
- Old Swedish: skarper
- Swedish: skarp
- Danish: skarp
References
edit- “skarpr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press