uppskafningur
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Noun
[edit]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
[edit]- (palimpsest): skafið handrit
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “uppskafningur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)