skarpr

Old Norse

Etymology

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

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

    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

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

References

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