uppskafningur
Icelandic
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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