skarpr

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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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

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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

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Descendants

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

References

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