jarpr

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *erpaz (“light brown”). Cognate to Old High German erpf (“brown, dark”), Old English eorp (“dark, brown”).

Adjective

jarpr

  1. brown

Declension

    Strong declension of jarpr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative jarpr jǫrp jarpt
accusative jarpan jarpa jarpt
dative jǫrpum jarpri jǫrpu
genitive jarps jarprar jarps
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative jarpir jarpar jǫrp
accusative jarpa jarpar jǫrp
dative jǫrpum jǫrpum jǫrpum
genitive jarpra jarpra jarpra
    Weak declension of jarpr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative jarpi jarpa jarpa
accusative jarpa jǫrpu jarpa
dative jarpa jǫrpu jarpa
genitive jarpa jǫrpu jarpa
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative jǫrpu jǫrpu jǫrpu
accusative jǫrpu jǫrpu jǫrpu
dative jǫrpum jǫrpum jǫrpum
genitive jǫrpu jǫrpu jǫrpu
    Declension of comparative of jarpr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative jarpari jarpari jarpara
accusative jarpara jarpari jarpara
dative jarpara jarpari jarpara
genitive jarpara jarpari jarpara
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative jarpari jarpari jarpari
accusative jarpari jarpari jarpari
dative jǫrpurum jǫrpurum jǫrpurum
genitive jarpari jarpari jarpari
    Strong declension of superlative of jarpr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative jarpastr jǫrpust jarpast
accusative jarpastan jarpasta jarpast
dative jǫrpustum jarpastri jǫrpustu
genitive jarpasts jarpastrar jarpasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative jarpastir jarpastar jǫrpust
accusative jarpasta jarpastar jǫrpust
dative jǫrpustum jǫrpustum jǫrpustum
genitive jarpastra jarpastra jarpastra
    Weak declension of superlative of jarpr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative jarpasti jarpasta jarpasta
accusative jarpasta jǫrpustu jarpasta
dative jarpasta jǫrpustu jarpasta
genitive jarpasta jǫrpustu jarpasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative jǫrpustu jǫrpustu jǫrpustu
accusative jǫrpustu jǫrpustu jǫrpustu
dative jǫrpustum jǫrpustum jǫrpustum
genitive jǫrpustu jǫrpustu jǫrpustu

Descendants

  • Icelandic: jarpur
  • Faroese: jarpur
  • ⇒ Old Norse: jarpi
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: jarpe m, jerpe m or f (“hazel grouse”)
    • Norwegian Bokmål: jerpe m or f (“hazel grouse”)
    • Swedish: järpe c (“hazel grouse”)

See also

Colors in Old Norse · litir (layout · text)
     hvítr      grár, hǫss      svartr
             rauðr; rauðgulr              brúnn, jarpr              gulr
                          grœnn             
                                       blár
             víolat                          

References

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