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)
- sharp
Descendants
- Danish: skarp
- Faroese: skarpur
- Icelandic: skarpur
- Norwegian Bokmål: skarp
- Norwegian Nynorsk: skarp
- Swedish: skarp
References
- skarpr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press