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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
- scorched, pinched (from dryness), shrivelled
opt ór skǫrpum belg / skilin orð koma- oft’ out of a shrivelled skin-sack discerning words come
Declension
Descendants
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “skarpr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive